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Graduate Australian Medical Schools Admissions Guide 2017
Application Dates: Applications from domestic students open on 30 April 2016 and close on 31 May 2016 at 11.59pm AEST
NO LATE APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED
GAMSAT Consortium Medical Schools
Australian National University Deakin University Griffith University The University of Melbourne The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle The University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney The University of Queensland The University of Western Australia The University of Wollongong
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Contents Timeline ............................................................................................................................................................................. 3
Please read this entire guide carefully .............................................................................................................................. 4
How GEMSAS will contact you .......................................................................................................................................... 4
Contact details for further enquiries ................................................................................................................................ 4
Admission policies ............................................................................................................................................................. 5
Application Process ........................................................................................................................................................... 6
There are three components of the application process: ................................................................................................ 6
Bachelor degree .............................................................................................................................................................. 12
Grade Point Average (GPA) ............................................................................................................................................. 12
Interviews ........................................................................................................................................................................ 13
Offers .............................................................................................................................................................................. 13
Quotas ............................................................................................................................................................................. 15
BMP – Bonded Medical Places Scheme ...................................................................................................................... 15
Applicants in special categories ...................................................................................................................................... 15
Rurality ............................................................................................................................................................................ 16
FAQs about the application process ............................................................................................................................... 18
How to Apply ................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Complete the online application form ................................................................................................................... 25
Post your supporting documentation .................................................................................................................... 25
FAQs about completing your application ....................................................................................................................... 27
How to calculate your GPA ............................................................................................................................................. 30
International Applications ............................................................................................................................................... 30
How can you assist GEMSAS? ......................................................................................................................................... 31
Entry requirements – All applicants ................................................................................................................................ 32
Appendix A: Institutions Participating in ARTS (Automated Results Transfer System) .................................................. 69
Appendix B: Undergraduate Grading System Conversion Table .................................................................................... 72
Contact Details ................................................................................................................................................................ 74
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Timeline MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE
19 March – Sit GAMSAT.
30 April – Medicine Applications open. Order academic transcripts if you attended (at any time) an institution not participating in ARTS. This includes overseas and exchange transcripts.
6 May – University of Melbourne timely pre-requisite submissions due 31 May – Medicine Applications close.
13 June – Supporting documents due at GEMSAS PO Boxes. Includes hard copy transcripts if required and School-specific supporting documents. 24 June – submission of Rurality supporting documents due at GEMSAS PO Box.
JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER
If you studied at a non-ARTS institution in 2016, please send your semester 1 results to the GEMSAS PO Box as soon as they are available.
Early September - Offers of interviews for Medicine (and offers of places at The University of Queensland) are released. Deakin interviews commence Monday 12th. Griffith Interview (GUMSAA) will be held on Wednesday 28th. Melbourne University Interviews will be held 26 – 30. Late September Interviews held.
Early October Interviews held.
NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY 2017 FEBRUARY 2017
Early November - Offers of places for Medicine are released.
Additional offers made to fill vacancies.
Additional offers made to fill vacancies.
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Please read this entire guide carefully The following information is provided as general guidance to applicants to graduate-entry medicine in Australia.
However, all applicants should routinely check the websites of their chosen institutions and the GEMSAS website for
admission updates.
How GEMSAS will contact you Email will be the primary source of contact between GEMSAS and applicants and there may also be a need to send
you letters by mail to your nominated postal address.
It is essential that you provide a current email address which will be valid from April 2016 to February 2017 and that
you regularly check your emails, including your junk or spam folders. Expect emails from GEMSAS at any time during
the process but especially around the time of interview offers. Some of the participating universities will only
communicate with applicants via email.
Some email messages may not be accepted or may be flagged as spam by some email providers (e.g. Hotmail or
Yahoo).
Applicants are advised to provide an email address other than their current university address (unless it will be
available until February 2017), Hotmail or Yahoo email addresses.
Neither GEMSAS nor the universities will be held responsible for undeliverable or unread email communication.
Should you need to change your email or postal address, please email the change to [email protected].
Contact details for further enquiries If you have further queries regarding the general application process, please contact GEMSAS: [email protected].
Please check the GEMSAS website and FAQs for details before submitting your query.
For detailed information on the GAMSAT Consortium graduate-entry* courses, as well as university-specific entry
requirements, you should first check the Medicine Admissions Guide and the GEMSAS and school websites. Links to
the school websites can be found at www.gemsas.edu.au/medical-schools.
All GPA queries should be addressed to GEMSAS. Please check the GEMSAS website GPA FAQs and try the on-line GPA
calculator before submitting your query.
School specific enquiries should be directed to the schools directly. Contact information can be found on the website
at www.gemsas.edu.au/medical-schools and on page 74 of this Guide.
Information about the graduate-entry medicine admissions process for GAMSAT Consortium schools (GEMSAS) can
be found on the website www.gemsas.edu.au/gemsas-processes.
* The University of Sydney, Monash University and Flinders University are not participating in GEMSAS. Applicants for places at these universities
must apply directly to them. Applicants can visit their websites at www.sydney.edu.au, http://www.monash.edu/ and www.flinders.edu.au.
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Admission policies Offers
Successful applicants will be given a firm date by which to accept an offer of a place and offers not accepted according
to the school’s instructions by that date will lapse.
If an applicant declines an offer of a place, or allows the offer to lapse, they will not be considered for another place
or receive another offer.
Deferral
Deferral of a place is unlikely. However, some universities permit deferral, particularly to complete an Honours year.
Please consult the schools’ websites or discuss the possibility of being permitted to defer with the universities to which
you wish to apply.
Exclusion
An applicant who has been excluded from any university must indicate this when they apply. The schools may contact
applicants for further detail on receipt of the application data.
Admission and application irregularities
Applicants should be aware that the presentation of forged documents is a criminal offence in Australia and that
universities may take appropriate action in such cases.
All tertiary study must be declared in the application. For the purpose of university admission, the withholding of
information and the submission of incorrect or misleading information are deemed fraudulent. Action taken in such
cases may include cancellation of an application for admission, withdrawal of an offer of admission, or cancellation of
an enrolment.
Applicants who submit fraudulent documents or otherwise seek to gain an advantage by fraudulent means may be
banned from future applications through GEMSAS.
Only your first submitted application will be processed, regardless of which application has been paid for.
Schools’ policies
Each University may have its own additional admission policies (which may include policies on prior or current studies,
enrolment irregularities and/or transfers). To confirm if there are additional policies, review each school’s entry in this
Guide and the websites of the schools to which you intend to apply.
Appeals process
If you wish to appeal any decision made in the processing of your application, you are most welcome to do so. Please
provide a written explanation of why you disagree with the decision in question. You are welcome to provide
supporting evidence. Address your appeal to the GAMSAT Selection Appeals Committee and email it to
[email protected]. The Appeals Committee will consider your appeal and provide a written response within two
weeks of receipt of your email. The Terms of Reference for the GAMSAT Selection Appeals Committee are available
on request (please send your request to [email protected]). Note that this Committee can only hear appeals against
decisions made in the processing of your application. Appeals against offer decisions made by participating schools
must be made to the individual school concerned.
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If you have been offered a place in another course or by an institution not participating in GEMSAS and you intend
to accept that place, then please be considerate of fellow applicants and withdraw your application for all GAMSAT
Consortium courses as soon as possible.
Application Process Information in this section is generally common to all the schools, but is subject to the specific requirements outlined
in the school entries and on the school websites.
GEMSAS and the schools make every effort to ensure the accuracy of information provided in this Admission Guide at
the time of publication. However, applicants must consult the GEMSAS and university websites for more detailed and
specific information and for updates.
There are three components of the application process: GAMSAT (www.gamsat.acer.edu.au)
All applicants for Commonwealth Supported Places and other domestic places at graduate-entry schools (i.e.
citizens/permanent residents of Australia and citizens of New Zealand) must have a current score on the Graduate
Australian Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT).
GAMSAT results are valid for two years: i.e. if you sat the Australian or Ireland test in 2016 you may use the results
obtained to apply for a graduate entry course commencing in 2017 and/or 2018. As such, Australian GAMSAT 2015
results are also valid for use in applications to courses commencing in 2017.
The UK GAMSAT scores are valid for application in the year following the test and the year following that. There is a
very helpful table on the GAMSAT website that shows the validity of all the GAMSAT tests.
http://gamsat.acer.edu.au/results/currency-of-results
Your GAMSAT results show a score for each of the three test Sections and an Overall Score. All GAMSAT Consortium
medical schools (except The University of Melbourne) rank applicants using the Overall GAMSAT Score (with required
minimum Section scores normally around 50). The University of Melbourne uses an average GAMSAT Score. The
acceptable GAMSAT scores may be different for each of the universities, and may vary from year to year. When
deciding whether or not to submit an application, you are advised to make sure that your GAMSAT scores fall within
the acceptable ranges reported in the individual university entries in this Guide. You can evaluate your standing in
relation to other candidates who sat GAMSAT in the same year as you did, by consulting the chart included with your
Statement of Results. Please note that neither GEMSAS nor ACER staff have the authority to review individual GAMSAT
transcripts or GAMSAT results or to offer advice on the likelihood of selection. GAMSAT candidates are responsible
for determining their eligibility to apply.
Registration for the GAMSAT and application for admission to the graduate programs are separate processes.
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Application
Applicants are selected for interview based on one or more of the following criteria:
performance in GAMSAT;
performance in a qualifying degree (as indicated by GPA);
performance in a portfolio, special application or supplementary form or autobiographical statement where
required.
The Australian National University, Deakin University, The University of Melbourne and The University of Western
Australia combine the first two criteria when ranking applicants for interview. The University of Melbourne uses an
unweighted GAMSAT.
Griffith University ranks applicants for interview based on selections rank derived from a 50/50 combination of an
unweighted GPA (converted to a percentage) and the overall GAMSAT score.
The University of Queensland uses the GPA as a hurdle, then ranks applicants by GAMSAT results using the GPA as a
tie-breaker where necessary. The University of Queensland does not interview candidates.
The University of Wollongong, The University of Notre Dame, Australia (Fremantle) and The University of Notre Dame,
Australia (Sydney) rank applicants on combined GPA, GAMSAT results and portfolio/written submission.
Supporting documentation
Supporting documentation will be required if:
You studied at a non-ARTS1 university at any time.
You have an Australian rural background (see page 16)
You need to supply supporting documentation required by individual schools
When you complete your Application Form, you will be presented with relevant coversheets which you must print and
attach as directed to the documents you are submitting. Failure to include all requested documents may disadvantage
you. Please send only those documents that have been specifically requested. Note that there are two different
addresses to which documents are to be sent. Please ensure you follow the instructions on the coversheets to ensure
your documents are sent to the correct address.
1. If any of your tertiary study is from a non-ARTS university please remember to submit your original transcript(s)
postmarked no later than 5.00pm your time on Monday 13th June 2016. This can include exchange study and
study for which you may have received credit towards another degree. Post documents to:
GEMSAS Operations PO Box 120 Kelvin Grove DC QLD 4059
1 See Appendix A
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2. Applicants to the following universities and for the streams or sub-quotas listed must send their documents
postmarked no later than 5.00pm your time on Monday 13th June 2016, to the address indicated on the
website or to:
GEMSAS Processing PO Box 522 Ferny Hills DC Queensland 4055
School Stream Documents required Australian National University
Indigenous students
Australian National University Supplementary Indigenous Form (see school website for details: http://medicalschool.anu.edu.au/programs-courses/mchd-doctor-medicine-and-surgery/how-apply
Conjoint MChD/PhD
One-page document:
addressing research experience, reasons for interest in the conjoint degree program, and the link between Honours (or Masters) research projects and the research proposed for the combined degree program;
list of publications and/or conference presentations;
names and addresses of two people who can comment on the applicant’s aptitude for research, one of whom must be the Honours/ Masters supervisor
See school website for further details: http://medicalschool.anu.edu.au/programs-courses/mchd-phd
Deakin University
Financial Disadvantage
Applicants who are able to demonstrate that they have been in receipt of an approved Centrelink or StudyLink (NZ equivalent of Centrelink) benefit, for at least 12 months during their undergraduate degree, receive a 2% bonus.
The School of Medicine recognises the following Centrelink benefits: ABSTUDY, AUSTUDY, Parent Payment (Partnered or Single), Youth Allowance, Disability Pension, Veterans Means Assessed Pension.
StudyLink benefits apply for applicants from New Zealand. NB: this does not include a StudyLink loan.
Please ensure supporting documentation clearly shows the approved benefit and supports a minimum of 12 months.
Supporting documentation includes (approved benefit must clearly be listed):
A letter from Centrelink or StudyLink,
a PAYG Payment Summary,
a PAYG Statement (showing a minimum payment period of 52 weeks),
tax returns,
bank statements,
another document clearly supporting bonus criteria.
See school website for details: http://www.deakin.edu.au/health/medicine/admission.php
Prior Clinical Experience in a Health Discipline
Applicants who have completed one year of full-time clinical practice as a registered health professional, receive a 2% bonus. The following health disciplines will attract a 2% bonus: chiropractic, dentistry, nursing, midwifery, optometry, osteopathy, pharmacy, physiotherapy, podiatry, psychology,
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occupational therapy, dietetics, speech pathology, paramedics, and practitioners of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Chinese Medicine, and Medical Radiation. The 17 above listed health disciplines are the only health disciplines which have been approved by the School of Medicine Admission and Selection Committee for the 2016-2017 selection round. No other health disciplines are eligible to receive the clinical experience in a health discipline bonus. Please provide documentation that will show:
12 months of full-time clinical experience (e.g. letter of support from employer / group certificate), AND
evidence of registered health professional status (e.g. registration certificate / print out from AHPRA website).
Supporting documentation includes:
Supporting letters from the applicant’s employer stating length of employment and duties,
registration documentation,
payslips,
group certificate,
tax returns.
Please note:
Periods of provisional registration, or as an intern, are excluded.
See school website for details: http://www.deakin.edu.au/health/medicine/admission.php
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
Deakin University Indigenous Entry Scheme: See university website for details http://www.deakin.edu.au/medicine/study-options/indigenous-students
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3. Supporting documents for The University of Melbourne’s Graduate Access Melbourne Scheme: Applicants
must submit their documents DIRECTLY to The University of Melbourne via the relevant online webform no
later than 11.59pm EST on Tuesday 31st May 2016.
School Stream Documents required The University of Melbourne
Graduate Access Melbourne (GAM) eligible applicants only (including Rural background and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants)
Only applicants who have experienced disadvantage during their undergraduate degree or members of specific recognised groups, as listed below, are eligible to apply for Graduate Access Melbourne (GAM).
Applicants with rural or isolated background
Indigenous Australian applicants
Applicants with previous status as a refugee or holders of a Humanitarian visa
Applicants who experienced any of the following that had an effect on their undergraduate studies: disadvantaged socio-economic circumstances; disability or a chronic medical condition; or personal difficulties.
The online GAM submission form is available at: https://theuniversityofmelbourne.formstack.com/forms/2017_graduate_access_melbourne Information about the scheme can be obtained at www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/grad/gradaccess. Only eligible applicants should apply. Closing date for applications: 11.59pm on Tuesday 31st May 2016
All applicants (Prerequisite subject completion)
Applicants who have completed approved prerequisite subjects do not need to submit subject descriptions. Lists of approved prerequisites subjects can be found in the GEMSAS online application form and at http://sc.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/prerequisites For applicants whose subjects have not been assessed for pre-requisite equivalence: Applicants must submit documentation through the web form http://sc.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/prerequisites by Friday 6 May 2016 for assessment of pre-requisite equivalency.
Applicants who submit complete documentation by Friday 6 May 2016 will be advised of the subject equivalence before the course application closing date. Submissions received after this date will be processed and the outcome issued within three weeks of submission.
Applicants who have not submitted documentation for assessment OR have not demonstrated equivalence as part of their GEMSAS application (e.g. evidence of relevant completed or enrolled subjects) will be deemed to have failed the pre-requisite requirements.
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4. All applicants who have completed the rural background questions in the Application Form must send their
supporting documentation to:
GEMSAS Processing PO Box 522 Ferny Hills DC QLD 4055
Note that the supporting documentation must be postmarked no later than 5.00pm your time on Friday 24th June
2016. Please ensure the Rural Background cover sheet, which is generated when you submit your application, is
attached.
This is in addition to any university-specific documents requested in this section, pages 7-11, and listed below.
School Stream Documents required Deakin University
City of Greater Geelong Bonus
The rural bonus is also given to applicants who have lived in the City of Greater Geelong for at least 10 years cumulatively or 5 years consecutively from birth. Complete the questions in the application form and submit required supporting documentation.
Residence in ASGC-RA 2 or the City of Greater Geelong: a bonus of 2% of the combined GPA and GAMSAT score.
See school website for details: http://www.deakin .edu.au/health/medicine/admission.php
Please refer to the ‘Rurality’ section on page 16 of this guide.
If you do not provide any required additional documentation, you will not be eligible for consideration for the
category/sub-quota concerned.
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Bachelor degree All applicants must have completed, or be in the final year of a Bachelor or Honours degree. Undergraduate Australian
degrees must be from a Commonwealth accredited institution (see http://www.teqsa.gov.au/national-
register). (Note that undergraduate degrees include Bachelor and Honours degree). Overseas degrees must be
recognised by the National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (NOOSR) as equivalent to an Australian Bachelor
degree. Your qualifications will be assessed for equivalency as part of your application process. Please do not contact
NOOSR for assessment of your degree.
For those in the final year of study, satisfactory completion of the degree in 2016 will be a condition of entry. Note
that if you cannot complete and provide evidence of completion of your degree in the 2016 calendar year, any offer
you have received that is conditional upon completion of your current degree may be withdrawn.
Applicants enrolled in a two-year degree, a three or four year embedded degree or one-year conversion degree, or
those who have completed a higher degree without a prior Bachelor degree should consult their preferred school/s
to ascertain eligibility. Note that not all schools accept such degrees. Please see individual school entries in this
Guide.
Grade Point Average (GPA) GEMSAS will calculate a Grade Point Average (GPA) from electronic copies of academic transcripts (from ARTS
institutions) or paper transcripts. Original hard-copy transcripts will be needed if you have completed your degree or
any part of your qualifying degree at an overseas university or any university not included in the list of ARTS institutions
in Appendix A.
Applicants may wish to calculate their GPA according to the instructions on the GEMSAS website
(www.gemsas.edu.au/gpa-calculations). A GPA calculator is available on the application page
(www.applygemsas.com.au/) for use. Please note that any GPA calculated by an applicant will be an estimated GPA
and used only for the information of the applicant.
No preference is given to graduates with particular Bachelor degrees. The GAMSAT Consortium encourages individuals
from diverse educational backgrounds who will bring to the profession a variety of talents and interests.
Exception:
Applicants to Medicine at The University of Melbourne must have successfully completed approved
prerequisite second year level studies in anatomy, physiology and biochemistry.
The GPA indicates the level of performance in the qualifying degree. There is no differentiation of GPA between
institutions or courses. It should be emphasised that a science major is not a prerequisite, and that academic
excellence in other areas, such as the humanities and social sciences, is encouraged and recognised.
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Interviews No domestic applicant will receive more than one interview offer from a medical school participating in GEMSAS in
the 2016 admissions round, for entry in 2017. The interview is designed to assess qualities considered by the schools
to be associated with success in both medical school and later practice, and is conducted by trained interviewers.
Academic performance is not discussed at the interview.
An exception is for applicants who qualify for the Guaranteed Entry Pathway at The University of Melbourne. These
applicants will be considered by The University of Melbourne separately to the GEMSAS process and must apply in
accordance with instructions available at http://medicine.unimelb.edu.au/study-
here/doctor_of_medicine/application_process/domestic. This consideration will include an interview. Guaranteed
Full Fee eligible applicants must also apply via GEMSAS if they wish to be considered for CSP and bonded places at
Melbourne or other medical schools.
Selected applicants receive an invitation to interview by letter or email. This invitation must be presented on arrival at
the medical school, together with a valid passport or current photo-bearing driver’s licence for identification purposes.
Some schools require that you supply a passport photograph prior to interview. If this applies to you, you will be
notified when interview invitations are issued, with instructions on how and when to submit your digital photo.
Applicants must meet all expenses associated with attending the interview.
Applicants unsuccessful in receiving an interview at any of the medical schools they applied to will be notified by email
by the GEMSAS team. Applicants who were not interviewed will not participate in further processing.
Exception: The University of Queensland (UQ) does not interview applicants for the graduate entry program. UQ’s first
round of place offers coincides with the release of interview offers from the other institutions. The later UQ offer
rounds are normally filled by applicants who included UQ as a lower preference but were not offered places after
being interviewed by their higher preference.
Please note: If you are eligible to be made an offer at a University that did not interview you, the University
reserves the right to call you for an informal conversation prior to offers being made. This is to ensure that the
applicant is aware of specific course and University requirements. This conversation does not constitute an
interview or indicate an offer of a place.
Offers Selection into graduate-entry medicine is based on up to four criteria:
performance in GAMSAT;
performance as indicated by GPA. Please see school entries for details about qualifying degrees and GPA
calculations;
performance in interview (except The University of Queensland);
performance in a portfolio, special application or supplementary form or autobiographical statement.
The way in which each university combines these criteria when making their final offers varies. For more information
refer to the individual university entries which begin on page 32 of this Guide. Alternatively you can consult each
university’s website for detailed information. Links are available from www.gemsas.edu.au.
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A successful application may lead to an offer of one of a range of places, including bonded and full-fee places. When
you apply you will be asked (for each school on your preference list), to choose (and for some schools, rank) the types
of places you will be prepared to accept. Selection is based on ranked lists and quotas. The quota (i.e. number of
places) available for each offer type is restricted. To maximise your chances of receiving an offer at the schools of your
choice, consider listing all types of places. If you omit (for instance) the Bonded Medical Places (BMP) offer type and
you are ranked to get a BMP offer, it will not be made and you’ll drop down to your next preferred school for
consideration. Please read carefully all the information about bonded places on the DoH website at
www.health.gov.au/bmpscheme.
When allocations are being made, schools will allocate quotas for each offer type. The allocation will be made using
that school’s ranked list in order: CSP, BMP and FEE (if applicable). Some schools will ask you to rank all offer types
and some will just want you to indicate which offer types you are prepared to accept if offered. To list only one offer
type means you limit the available places that can be offered to you.
Individual School Details:
For The University of Queensland you may specify the types of places you wish to be considered for, however
no consideration is given to preferred offer type when offers are made. Offers will be made in the order of
CSP first and BMP second.
For The University of Melbourne you may specify the types of places you wish to be considered for. You will
not be considered for a type of place that you have not listed, however no consideration is given to the order
of preferred offer types listed when offers are made. Offers will be made in the following order: CSP, BMP,
and FEE, with the most highly ranked applicants being offered CSP places and so on down the merit order until
all vacancies are filled. It is important that applicants who are not in a position to pay for a full fee (FEE) paying
place DO NOT list this type of place in their application for the University of Melbourne. Once made an offer
into a FEE place it is not possible to swap into a CSP or BMP place.
For The University of Western Australia you may specify the types of places you wish to be considered for,
however no consideration is given to preferred offer type when offers are made. Offers will be made in the
following order: CSP then BMP.
ANU will allocate place types based on the ranking of the applicant and their preferences.
For Griffith University you may specify the types of places you wish to be considered for in your preferred
order. Allocations will be according to applicant rank and preference.
If you decline an offer of a place, you will not be considered for another place or receive another offer.
If you have been offered a place in another course or by an institution not participating in GEMSAS and you intend
to accept that place, then please be considerate of fellow applicants and withdraw your application for all GAMSAT
Consortium courses as soon as possible.
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Quotas Each university has a quota for the year’s intake of domestic students (Australian citizens/permanent residents and
New Zealand citizens). This includes Commonwealth supported non-bonded places (CSP) and Commonwealth
supported bonded places (BMP) as well as Australian full fee places (Melbourne and Notre Dame only).
Most schools are obliged to fill at least 25% of all Commonwealth Supported Places with students from a rural
background. Rural background sub-quotas can be filled from a combination of offer types and are not restricted to
only bonded places.
Quotas for 2017 are expected to be:
School places CSP BMP CSP
Other Total
Australian National University 64 26 Up to 20 international 110
Deakin University 93 37 12 international 142
Griffith University 54 36 25 international 60 B.Medical Science Pathway
175
The University of Melbourne 182 73 Up to 45 domestic full-fee Up to 45 international full-fee
345
The University of Notre Dame, Australia (Fremantle) 71 29 Up to 20 domestic full-fee 120
The University of Notre Dame, Australia (Sydney) 43 17 Up to 60 domestic full-fee 120
The University of Queensland 100 40 230 international 140 provisional pathway (of which 40 are BMP) ATSI alternative entry (no set quota)
510
The University of Western Australia 50 35 20 international 105
The University of Wollongong 52 18 Up to 12 international 82
These quotas are indicative only and are subject to change.
BMP – Bonded Medical Places Scheme Information about this scheme can be found on the Australian Government Department of Health & Ageing website
(www.health.gov.au/bmpscheme).
The BMP Scheme is open to all first year medical students who are Australian citizens, permanent residents of
Australia and also New Zealand citizens who held a New Zealand Special Category Visa on or before 26 February
2001.
Applicants in special categories Applicants in the following categories should refer to the medical school websites, and the tables on pages 7 - 11:
Combined Degree applicants;
Indigenous Australian applicants;
Rural resident applicants;
Other special sub-quota applicants.
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Rurality Please note the criteria for rurality has changed: rural background is now defined as residency for at least 10 years
cumulatively or any 5 years consecutively in an ASGS-RA 2-5 area, from birth.
If you have lived in an Australian rural area, ASGC-RA 2 to 5, for 5 years consecutively or 10 years cumulatively, from
birth, you may be eligible for consideration in rural schemes and sub-quotas. You will need to complete the Rurality
question in the Application Form and submit supporting documentation. For information about rural sub quotas or
bonus points please view the schools' entry requirements pages.
The ASGC-RA is a geographical classification tool developed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 2006. The purpose
of the RA structure is to classify data from census Collection Districts (CDs) into broad geographical categories, called
Remoteness Areas (RAs). The RA categories are defined in terms of ‘remoteness’ – the physical distance of a location
from the nearest urban centre based on population size. Under this classification system remoteness is updated each
census. The most recent classification is the one by which we will assess your rurality.
The Graduate Entry Medical School Admissions System (GEMSAS) will use these guidelines in the processing of Rurality
Claims.
The ASGC-RA system is made up of 5 categories:
RA-1 Major city
RA-2 Inner regional
RA-3 Outer regional
RA-4 Remote
RA-5 Very remote
If you have lived in an ASGC-RA 2 to 5 area for 5 years consecutively or 10 years cumulatively, from birth, and wish to
be considered for rural schemes and sub-quotas, you will need to provide documentary evidence. Note that the rural
residence must have been your primary residence. You can check your ASGC-RA status at:
http://www.doctorconnect.gov.au/internet/otd/Publishing.nsf/Content/locator
Acceptable supporting documents include:
School reports
Transcripts from a regional university
Supporting letters from a school, university or workplace (signed originals on letterhead). Workplace letters
must include your rural residential address details
Other documents to prove residence such as invoices for telephone, rates, utilities, or bank statements
showing your (or your family’s) address
Please note:
Documents can be copies and don’t need to be certified. The exception to this is letters that have been written
specifically in support of your claim. These must be original letters.
Please ensure your documentation supports 5 years consecutively or 10 years cumulatively of rural living and
includes the cover sheet you will print off when you submit your on-line application.
You cannot claim time in the future as part of the 5 or 10 years, as there is no way to establish proof that you
will continue to reside in a rural setting.
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Time spent at a holiday home (second residence) or during school holidays in a rural setting, will not be
considered.
Supporting documentation can be from any one or multiple periods, i.e. residential, primary, secondary, or
tertiary period.
If selecting 5 years consecutive then the supporting documentation must support 5 full years and must be
consecutive.
If selecting 10 years cumulative then the supporting documentation must support 10 full years and
documentation will be needed for each time period, one document for the start of each time period and one
for the end of each time period.
Please send your supporting documentation and the coversheet to:
GEMSAS Processing PO Box 522 Ferny Hills DC Queensland 4055 Note that the supporting documentation must be postmarked no later than 5pm your time on Friday 24th June 2016.
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FAQs about the application process What happens to my application?
GEMSAS is a computerised matching system which calculates GPAs and bonuses; assesses applications for eligibility;
and uses an algorithm to rank and allocate eligible applicants to their highest preferenced medical school. For more
details about the matching algorithm, please refer to www.gemsas.edu.au/gemsas-processes.
Applications will be assessed according to the selection rules of each preferenced school. GEMSAS will assess the
eligibility and competitiveness of all applicants for their first preference medical school. If the applicant is not eligible
or not ranked highly enough he or she will be assessed for the second preference school and so on until the applicant
has either been allocated an interview at a preferenced medical school or all preferences have been exhausted.
Applications will be assessed again after interviews according to the selection rules of each preferenced school.
Interview scores will be standardised and used by all participating schools (except the University of Queensland).
GEMSAS will assess the competitiveness of all interviewed applicants for their first preference medical school. If the
applicant is not ranked highly enough he or she will be assessed for the second preference school and so on until the
applicant has either been offered a place at a preferenced medical school or all preferences have been exhausted.
You cannot be considered for an offer at a school which is a higher preference than the school at which you were
interviewed. They have already decided you don't meet their minimum criteria or you were not ranked highly enough
to get an interview offer and that can't change in the subsequent offer round despite how well you do at interview.
Once an application is submitted NO FURTHER changes can be made.
How do I choose between two valid GAMSAT results?
You will have two valid GAMSAT results if you sat two separate GAMSAT tests - for example the Australian GAMSAT2
in 2015 and 2016. You are advised to compare both results against the acceptable scores for each university and then
select the result you wish the universities to consider.
Simply record in the Application Form the appropriate candidate identification number, country and year of sitting for
the test you wish to use for selection. This will be the only GAMSAT result that will be provided to GEMSAS.
It is not possible to mix individual Section scores from different years or to use different tests for different universities.
Will the UK or Ireland GAMSAT scores be acceptable for entry to GAMSAT Consortium medical schools?
The Ireland and UK GAMSATs are treated the same as the Australian GAMSAT. The UK GAMSAT is valid for application
in the year following the test. There is a very helpful table on the GAMSAT website that shows the validity of all the
GAMSAT tests. http://gamsat.acer.edu.au/results/currency-of-results
Which school should I apply to?
There are nine Medical Schools in the GAMSAT Consortium. Domestic applicants may nominate up to six preferences.
Please take into consideration the special character of each medical school and choose as preferences those schools
whose philosophies, location and special character best matches your requirements.
There are significant differences in entry requirements between the schools. You might find that you have a much
better chance of gaining admission to one school over another. Please ensure you make your selections with care.
Once preferences are entered and your application submitted, you will not be able to change them. Subsequent
transfers between Schools are unlikely to be approved.
2 See page 6 for more information about GAMSAT test validity.
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If you are not prepared to undertake the course at a particular university you should not list it.
You are advised to put only medical schools and types of places that you are prepared to accept. You are strongly
advised to obtain detailed information from the schools’ websites to ensure you are fully informed on both the
admissions criteria and the structure of the individual programs. If you are offered a place and you decline it, or if you
allow your offer to lapse, then your application will be withdrawn from further processing and you will NOT receive
another offer. There is no requirement to list the full six preferences available to you.
I want to know about indicating the types of places I would be prepared to accept and ranking them in order?
When you apply you will be asked for each school on your preference list, to choose (and for some schools, rank) the
types of places you will be prepared to accept. Selection is based on ranked lists and quotas. The quota (i.e. number
of places) available for each offer type is restricted. To maximise your chances of receiving an offer at the schools of
your choice, list all types of places. If you omit (for instance) the BMP offer type and you are ranked to get a BMP
offer, the offer will not be made and you’ll drop down to your next preferred school for consideration. Please read
carefully all the information about bonded places on the DoH website at www.health.gov.au/bmpscheme.
When allocations are being made, schools will allocate quotas for each offer type. The allocation will be made using
that school’s ranked list in order: CSP, BMP and FEE (if applicable). Some schools will ask you to rank all offer types
and some will just want you to indicate which offer types you are prepared to accept if offered. To list only one offer
type means you limit the available places that can be offered to you. Applicants accepting a FEE offer at the University
of Melbourne will be required to submit an MD Student Financial Plan.
Individual School Details:
For The University of Queensland you may specify the types of places you wish to be considered for, however
no consideration is given to preferred offer type when offers are made. Offers will be made in the order of
CSP first and BMP second.
For The University of Melbourne you may specify the types of places you wish to be considered for. You will
not be considered for a type of place that you have not listed, however no consideration is given to the order
of preferred offer types listed when offers are made. Offers will be made in the following order: CSP, BMP and
FEE, with the most highly ranked applicants being offered CSP places and so on down the merit order until all
vacancies are filled. It is important that applicants who are not in a position to pay for a full fee (FEE) paying
place DO NOT list this type of place in their application for the University of Melbourne. Once made an offer
into a FEE place it is not possible to swap into a CSP or BMP place.
For The University of Western Australia you may specify the types of places you wish to be considered for,
however no consideration is given to preferred offer type when offers are made. Offers will be made in the
following order: CSP then BMP.
ANU will allocate place types based on the ranking of the applicant and their preferences.
For Griffith University you may specify the types of places you wish to be considered for in your preferred
order. Allocations will be according to applicant rank and preference.
I want to change my preferences.
Once you have submitted your application, this is not possible.
Exception: The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle and The University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney
may accept one change of preference per application year should you wish to add or remove the Full Fee-paying
preference. No other offer type changes will be considered. Changes must be made in writing directly with the
Institution on or before 4pm AEST for NSW and 4pm AWST for WA 4 October of the application year. See the Schools’
pages in this guide for details.
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My degree is more than 10 years old, am I still eligible to apply?
Bachelor degrees that were awarded more than 10 years prior to the anticipated commencement date may not be
acceptable at the school to which you are applying. Most schools accept postgraduate study within the last 10 years
as reason to waive this rule. They will then calculate the GPA on the prior bachelor degree. Some schools do accept
Postgraduate study either for calculation of the GPA or to meet their GPA hurdle.
To confirm whether your degree will be recognised, check the relevant schools’ entries in this Guide and their websites
and contact the schools if you are still in doubt.
The pre-requisite subjects required for entry to the University of Melbourne must be completed within 10 years of
commencing the MD.
Which degree will you use to calculate my GPA (the Key Degree)?
We will generally use the GPA from the most recently completed qualifying degree and this may include a degree you
will complete in the year in which you apply, except for UWA who consider the most recent three years EFT of valid
study (see school website for details on what study is included). See the schools’ entries in this Guide for more details.
What is the definition of an Honours Year, which is considered by GEMSAS?
You can ask yourself could you have completed the bachelor degree and done that honours year at another
university? If so, then it's standalone. If not it's embedded. Standalone Honours are used as the Final GPA year along
with the last two years of the preceding bachelor degree. With embedded Honours, it's just the most recent three
years of the degree that's used.
Exception: UQ please see their school entry for more information.
I have done (or I am completing) an Honours Year. Will this be used for selection?
We include Honours results in GPA calculations, however this can become problematic where the Honours year isn't
complete. Typically Honours results are only available at the end of the Honours year and we do a GPA calculation for
allocating applicants to interviews in the middle of the year. So you would probably have a GPA calculated on your
bachelor degree used for getting an interview and then when the Honours results are available, they would be used
to confirm any conditional or provisional offer you may have been made. However, if you do have results for Honours
from semester 1, these may be used in your GPA calculation together with results from the last two years of your
bachelor degree.
Except: The University of Melbourne, if an Honours degree is not completed by mid-year in the year of application, it
will not be used.
For UWA, if an Honours degree is not completed by mid-year in the year of application, it will not be used except to
confirm any conditional or provisional offer you may have been made.
Check the relevant schools’ entries in this Guide and their websites to determine if your current honours will be used
in the calculation.
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What is the minimum FTE study load in semester one of current year study to be included in GPA calculations?
Australian National University 37.50%
Deakin University 25%
Griffith University No minimum
The University of Melbourne 37.50%
The University of Notre Dame, Fremantle No minimum
The University of Notre Dame, Sydney No minimum
The University of Queensland No minimum
The University of Western Australia More than 25%
University of Wollongong 37.50%
Will my Honours subject results or the overall Honours grade be used in my GPA calculation?
Where an Honours year is eligible to be included; if your Honours year consists of subjects which have results then
these will be used to calculate your GPA. If there are no subject results, and only an overall Honours grade, then that
will be used (refer to the GPA Conversion Table). If both subject results and an overall Honours grade are available,
the best GPA will be used. The exception is Griffith which will use the overall Honours grade even if there are individual
subject results.
How do I allocate subjects to years to calculate my GPA?
First, read the documents at www.gemsas.edu.au/gpa-calculations.
The way to calculate your GPA is to take the total credit points and divide by the years normally taken to do the degree.
This will give you the number of credit points to allocate to each GPA year3.
Example: Assume that all the units you did were of equal credit point value.
If you did 24 units in a 3-year degree you would allocate 8 units a year.
Working backwards chronologically take the most recently-completed 8 units and allocate them to the Final GPA Year.
Then take the next 8 units and allocate them to the Final-minus-1 GPA Year and the remaining 8 units will be the Final-
minus-2 GPA Year.
A GPA calculator is available for use on our application page (https://applygemsas.com.au/).
How are subjects allocated to the three GPA years?
We allocate by the year in which subjects were taken and not the level of the subjects. We use full-time equivalent
(FTE) study loads to allocate subjects to GPA years so we can take part-time, overloading and subjects of differing
credit point values into consideration.
3 Exception: for The University of Queensland the GPA is calculated over the entire duration of the degree and is not divided into years.
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Who uses postgraduate study?
Only four schools use postgraduate study in GPA calculations –
UWA who use the most recent three years EFT of results regardless of whether they are complete (except
honours which must be complete). Please see school entry for a list of the type of study included in the GPA.
UQ who accept completed postgraduate degrees (Graduate Diplomas, Postgraduate Diplomas, Masters and
PhDs) as standalone key degrees.
Griffith will calculate a GPA including a Masters by coursework if this degree has been completed at the time
of Application. Griffith will also allocate an overall GPA of 7:00 for completed PhD’s and a 7:00 for each full
time year of a completed Masters by Research.
ANU may include Masters by coursework results in the three-year GPA calculation.
Please see the “Entry requirements – All applicants” section for more detailed information.
All other schools use the most recently-completed undergraduate degree only in GPA calculations.
I’ve done a postgraduate degree, do I calculate my GPA on that or on my undergraduate degree?
In general, postgraduate qualifications such as Masters, PhDs, or postgraduate diplomas, are not included in GPA
calculations and selection is based on the performance in the most recent undergraduate degree only, including an
Honours year if applicable. However, because schools do have different rules surrounding the use of these
qualifications you should read the school entries in this Guide or contact your preferred schools directly for advice.
Some exceptions: Graduate Diploma, Postgraduate diploma, Masters and PhD results are used for the GPA calculation
for admission to the University of Queensland (where these awards are deemed to be the ‘key degree’). See UQ’s
school entry in this Guide for further information.
For The University of Western Australia, Graduate Certificates, Graduate Diplomas and Masters by coursework are
included in a 3-year GPA calculation. Applicants with a completed Masters by research will be awarded a 0.2 bonus
to their overall GPA. Applicants with completed PhDs will be deemed a GPA of 7.0.
Griffith University will award a GPA of 7.00 for each equivalent full time year taken to complete a Research Masters
(the remainder of the GPA will be taken from your most recently completed Bachelor degree) and an overall GPA of
7:00 for PhDs.
ANU will award a bonus of 4% for successful and complete PhD studies at the time of application. Masters by research
or honours will attract a 2% bonus. Masters by course work will not attract any bonus but may be included in the 3-
year GPA calculation.
I was interviewed at School X (my 3rd preference) and I did really well in the interview but I would rather be offered
a place at School Y (my first preference), is that possible?
You cannot be considered for an offer at a school above the preference of the school at which you were interviewed.
They have already decided that either you don't meet their minimum criteria or you were not ranked highly enough
to get an interview offer. That status can't change in the subsequent offer rounds despite how well you perform at
interview.
What is the standardisation of interview scores?
The standardisation of interview scores ensures comparability between institutions. This is a statistical process which
uses means and standard deviations from the different interview score distributions to put all the sets of scores onto
the same scale.
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What happens to my application after interview?
If you are not made an offer by the School at which you were interviewed, your application will remain in the system
and will automatically be considered by your lower preference Schools (at which you are eligible for consideration) or
by the School at which you were interviewed (for a later offer) until you are either offered a place or all preferences
have been exhausted. If you are interviewed by your final preference School, your application cannot be considered
by any lower preference School.
Can I get my interview score or ranking data?
GEMSAS is not able to provide any ranking data or interview scores. Many factors impact on who gets an offer and
apart from the selection components used, there are also factors at play including your willingness to accept bonded
or fee places, whether you are a rural or an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander applicant and whether or not you were
eligible for bonuses or for special sub-quota places.
How are offers released?
All offers are decided on the same day and unsuccessful applicants are notified by email that day. Most medical schools
advise successful applicants by email but for some medical schools offers are complex to generate, so these
notifications may take a few days to reach you. Not receiving an email from GEMSAS usually means good news! Please
make sure you have listed [email protected] as a ‘trusted sender’ in your email system.
How many offers will I receive?
Applicants are made only one offer each year. Once you have been made an offer, you are not eligible for subsequent
round offers. If you decline your offer you are removed from the applicant pool and can apply again next year.
What is a conditional offer?
If you are made an offer of a place, and you have not completed your degree (or pre-requisites for the University of
Melbourne or you are undertaking additional bachelor or postgraduate studies for UWA), then the offer will be
conditional. When we get your final results we will calculate your final GPA and check that it meets any conditions the
school may have put on your offer (e.g. maintaining a stated GPA). If it does, your offer will be confirmed, and if it
doesn't meet the conditions the offer will be withdrawn. Applicants enrolled in a combined degree and who receive
a conditional offer for a place at the University of Melbourne must complete both awards in order to have their offer
confirmed. If you studied at an ARTS university we will try to get your final results and confirmation of completion of
your degree electronically. We often have difficulty doing this and may request your assistance to encourage your
university to upload your results and completion data and to authorize the release of this information to GEMSAS.
If you studied at a non-ARTS university you will need to send an original transcript showing final results and evidence
of completion of your degree.
I had better GPA and GAMSAT scores than a friend and they were offered a place at X University. Why wasn’t I
offered a place?
Selection is very complex and many factors impact on whether or not you will get an offer. There are many reasons
why an applicant with the same or worse GPA and GAMSAT scores as you may have been offered a place when you
were not.
They may have done considerably better than you in the interview and/or portfolio or personal statements
They may have come from a rural background.
They may be of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island descent
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They may have received bonus points for postgraduate study
They may have received bonus points or come through a preferential entry scheme that recognises
disadvantage
They may have accepted a BMP or Fee place where you indicated that you would not be prepared to accept
one of these places.
They may have accepted a place in a special sub-quota.
If you decline an offer of a place, you will not be considered for another place or receive another offer.
If you do not receive an offer of a place in the main round of offers after interview, your application will remain in the
system. Additional offers may be made during December and January after final results of applicants completing their
qualifying degree are known.
It is NOT possible for applicants to change their preferences after the application closing date.
I need to courier transcript documents to GEMSAS. What is their address?
QTAC, Att: GEMSAS Assessors, Level 4, 154 Melbourne Street, South Brisbane QLD 4101, Australia.
I need to courier other supporting documents (not transcripts) to GEMSAS. What is their address?
Please email [email protected] for instructions.
What happens if I am also applying for courses outside the GAMSAT Consortium medicine course?
There are many applicants for medical school places who will not be offered an interview or a place. If you have been
offered a place in another course or by an institution not participating in GEMSAS and you intend to accept that place,
then please be considerate of fellow applicants and withdraw your application for all GAMSAT Consortium courses as
soon as possible. Withdraw by emailing [email protected] quoting your GAMSAT ID. You will be contacted to
confirm your withdrawal.
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How to Apply
Complete the online application form To apply for admission to a course commencing in 2017, you must complete and submit the online Application Form
– on the GEMSAS website – by no later than 11.59pm AEST Tuesday 31st May 2016. Please do not leave submission
until the last minute as many others will also do this and system overloading can impact your ability to meet the
deadline.
Late applications will NOT be accepted.
The application fee is paid by credit card, when completing the online application form. You do not need to complete
your payment at the time of submission, but must do so by 5pm AEST 4th June.
In 2016, for 2017 entry, the application fee is AUD$191.
Don’t forget to include [email protected] as a trusted email address, to ensure messages from the GEMSAS team
are not treated as spam and sent to your Junk folder. We cannot be held responsible for any email not reaching or
not being read by you.
Post your supporting documentation After completing the online Application Form and making your payment, you may need to submit some hard copy
documents. All additional documentation must be postmarked according to the dates listed below. Wherever
possible they should be dispatched earlier. Please refer to the list below for information about where you need to
send the required documentation.
ORIGINAL ACADEMIC TRANSCRIPTS
Due date: Postmarked no later than 5.00pm your time on Monday 13th June 2016
If any of your tertiary studies were undertaken at a university not listed in Appendix A (as an institution whose results
can be retrieved through ARTS), you MUST send an original transcript for all such studies along with a copy of your
printed coversheet to:
GEMSAS Operations PO Box 120 Kelvin Grove DC QLD 4059
Transcripts will not be returned as a matter of course, however, you can request their return by including a letter
outlining your request, and a reply paid envelope. If this is done transcripts will be returned on or near to 31 August.
ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION (if required)
Due date: Postmarked no later than 5.00pm your time on Monday 13th June 2016
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The universities listed in the tables on pages 7 to 11 require applicants to submit additional documents. Additional
documentation for the Australian National University and Deakin University should be sent along with a copy of your
printed coversheet to:
GEMSAS Processing PO Box 522 Ferny Hills DC QLD 4055
Additional supporting documentation for The University of Melbourne (Graduate Access Melbourne Scheme), as
outlined on page 10 should be submitted through the university’s online webform.
Due date: 11:59pm EST on Tuesday 31st May 2016.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS FOR APPLICANTS FROM A RURAL BACKGROUND
Due date: Postmarked no later than 5.00pm your time on Friday 24th June 2016
All applicants who have completed the rural background questions in the Application Form must send their supporting
documentation along with a copy of your printed coversheet to:
GEMSAS Processing PO Box 522 Ferny Hills DC QLD 4055
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FAQs about completing your application I didn’t receive confirmation of my submitted information or my payment
After completing the Application Form you will need to SUBMIT your application. You will then be taken to the Deakin
University payment system to make your payment. Once your payment has been made successfully you will be shown
a receipt screen. Please note your receipt number or print this screen for your records. If you are not able to complete
these steps, please email [email protected].
You will not receive an email from GEMSAS confirming your application has been submitted; you will receive a receipt
number once payment has been made and this is confirmation that your application has been successfully submitted.
I have previously applied through GEMSAS
If you have previously applied through GEMSAS, you are still required to send in ALL documentation and for the online
application you will need to register again.
Do I need to pay for each medical school preference?
You pay a single fee of $191 and this covers up to six preferences.
I can’t see my coversheets for submitting supporting documentation
As your application progresses, a menu item “Coversheets” will appear on the left of your screen. This will allow you
to save and print your coversheets for submission of supporting documentation (if required). Coversheets are
generated according to your selections and responses. If you are unsure if you should supply supporting
documentation, please check pages 7-11 of this guide.
If you cannot save or print any of the documents mentioned above, please email [email protected].
Do I still need to post the Education coversheet if I have no supporting documentation?
The Education coversheet will only be generated if you have selected a university that does not participate in ARTS,
for ANY of your study. The Education coversheet will not be generated if no original transcripts are required to be
sent in.
I don’t have an original transcript; can I submit a certified copy?
No, only original transcripts may be supplied where these are required. Scanned or photocopied transcripts, including
certified copies, are not acceptable.
A statement of results is not acceptable and is not considered in place of a full transcript, nor is a printout of an
academic record.
I’m still studying this year; do I need to submit a 2016 transcript?
Applicants completing their qualifying degree in 2016 will be assessed on the basis of the information available at
the time of application. Semester 1 (or Trimester 1), 2016 results will be included in the assessment for interview if
they are available at the time of assessment.
For the University of Melbourne, Semester 1 results will not be used in the provisional GPA if they do not
equate to at least 0.375 EFTS Load in that semester. If an Honours degree is not completed by mid-year in
the year of application, it will not be used
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For ANU, if an Honours degree is not completed by mid-year in the year of application, first semester results
may be used in the GPA calculation
For ANU and the University of Wollongong, Semester 1 results will not be used in the provisional GPA if they
do not equate to at least 0.375 EFTS Load in that semester
For Deakin University, Semester 1 results will not be used in the provisional GPA if they do not equate to at
least 0.25 EFTS Load in that semester
For the University of Western Australia, semester 1 results will not be used in the provisional GPA if they do
not equate to more than 0.25 EFTS Load in that semester, unless older/additional study is also available.
If your results are from an ARTS university, your semester 1, 2016 results will be electronically retrieved during June
and July. For study at a non-ARTS university, in semester 1, 2016 please supply an original transcript as soon as possible
to the GEMSAS Operations PO Box.
Applicants completing their degree in 2016 will only be offered an interview if the GPA at the time of application (with
2016 results to date) meets the required level.
Such applicants should also note that while decisions on interview offers will be made on the basis of results available
at the time of application, final 2016 results may be used to determine offers of a place. Refer to each school’s entry
in this Guide for more information.
Exchange studies and transcripts
Exchange studies are part of your degree and therefore we use the results from those studies in calculating your GPA.
Exchange studies may appear on your home university transcript as pass/fail subjects, but we use your actual results
to calculate your GPA.
You must obtain and supply an original transcript for any exchange studies you have done.
Exception: The University of Western Australia will normally use the results that appear on the home university’s
transcript (in most cases this is an ungraded pass or an ungraded fail). Please see the Faculty website for further
information and for exceptions to this general rule.
I have lodged through GEMSAS two or more applications for medicine
Only your first submitted application will be processed, regardless of which application has been paid for.
How do I submit portfolios for The University of Notre Dame, Australia and the University of Wollongong?
Portfolios are completed in the application form and submitted once you submit your application. To avoid any
potential loss of data due to session closure, we suggest you complete your portfolio offline in the first instance and
copy it into the live online application once you are satisfied with your work. As character count methods differ
between programs you will need to check your online portfolio using the review of responses generated PDF. If your
portfolio was not copied in its entirety you may need to do some further online editing to reduce the character
count.
How do I know if my supporting documents have arrived?
It is strongly recommended that you use a postal service which provides a tracking mechanism (Registered Post,
Express Post, courier, etc.), so that you can be certain your supporting documents have arrived at GEMSAS.
You may wish to include a reply paid envelope with your supporting documents. This will be returned to you when
your documents are processed as confirmation that they have been received. Note that unless you also provide a
letter requesting the return of the documents, this envelope will be returned to you empty.
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If you have sent documentation to the Ferny Hills PO box, you can email in July to ask if your documentation has been
received. Emails before July will not be responded to but will be addressed in July. If you have sent transcripts to
QTAC (Kelvin Grove PO box), note that there is NO receipting service so please either track your posted transcripts or
send a sealed reply paid envelope which when received will be returned.
Can I have my documentation returned?
Any original documents will be returned at your request. When you post your documents you need to include a note requesting to have the documents returned and must include a suitable reply paid envelope. Transcripts will only be returned on or near 31 August.
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How to calculate your GPA For information on Grade Point Averages and how to calculate your GPA please view the documents on our website,
http://www.gemsas.edu.au/gpa-calculations/. A GPA calculator is available for use on our application page at
www.applygemsas.com.au.
In general this information applies to all schools, but please note local variations outlined on university websites and
in the university specific information pages in this Guide.
Before you calculate your GPA, you should read the sections ‘Before You Apply’ and ‘How To Apply’
International Applications International applicants must apply directly to all universities at which they wish to study. GEMSAS is receiving and
processing applications from domestic applicants only.
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How can you assist GEMSAS? Once you have completed your application, and prior to submission, we recommend you print your “Review
of Responses” and check this thoroughly to ensure the information you have supplied and selected, and your
preferences, are correct and accurately convey your intentions. No changes can be made once your
application has been submitted
Ensure your online application is submitted, once it has been completed and reviewed, before the deadline.
No late submissions will be accepted
Only your first submitted application will be processed, regardless of which application has been paid for
Alert GEMSAS ASAP if there is a technical issue (or any other issue) with your online application, so the issue
can be resolved before the submission deadline
To avoid any potential loss of data due to session closure, we suggest you complete your portfolio offline in
the first instance and copy it into the live online application once you are satisfied with your work
As character count methods differ between programs you will need to check your online portfolio using the
review of responses generated PDF. If your portfolio was not copied in its entirety you may need to do some
further online editing to reduce the character count. Use only plain text. Some characters such as quotation
marks may be removed for security and formatting reasons
Ensure documentation is sent by due dates (if required), with coversheets attached
Ensure original transcripts are sent to GEMSAS for all study at non-ARTS institutions including those at which
you undertook exchange studies. You must obtain and supply an original transcript for any exchange studies
you have done
Ensure you inform GEMSAS if there is a delay in obtaining a semester 1 or semester 2 result (e.g. sitting a
special or deferred exam), so GEMSAS is made aware of the need to retrieve these results
Please send only those documents that have been specifically requested. No additional documentation or
general correspondence should be sent to the GEMSAS Processing PO box
Note that there are two separate PO Boxes and send your documents to the appropriate one
Ensure you declare all your tertiary study in the application
Your contact details need to be operational and GEMSAS informed if they are changed
Read the FAQ’s and the Admission guide before submitting an enquiry via [email protected]
Refer to the website for latest news
Please email your full name and GAMSAT ID when requesting your GPA in mid-August
Completions (Academic transcript showing that you have completed your degree) must be sent to GEMSAS
ASAP (by 31 December 2016) if you have been made a conditional offer of a place and you studied at a non-
ARTS University
Universities won’t always process your completions as quickly as is needed by GEMSAS to get your offer
confirmed in time. You can assist by contacting your central student administration to impress upon them the
importance of getting your completion loaded into their student system and made available through ARTS.
For some universities you will need to give them permission to send your completion data to GEMSAS. OR
you can post an original academic transcript showing that your degree is completed to the GEMSAS PO Box by
31 December 2016
If there is a delay in obtaining final results, (if you have been made a conditional offer of a place), alert GEMSAS
ASAP (e.g. sitting a special exam). Please ensure you alert GEMSAS well before the 31 December 2016
deadline.
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Entry requirements – All applicants Australian National University (ANU) Medical School Contact details:
Telephone (02) 6125 1304
Fax
Email [email protected]
Web http://medicalschool.anu.edu.au
Places Available in 2017:
CSP 64
BMP 26
International Up to 20
Bachelor Degree/ GPA Applicants should have a minimum weighted GPA of 5.6 to be considered for interview. The weighted GPA is calculated from the last three full-time-equivalent years of the most recently completed Bachelor degree. ANU will include Masters by coursework results in the three-year GPA calculation if the program is complete or due to be complete by the 31st of December in the year of application. Honours results will be included in the GPA calculation only if Semester 1 2016 results are available. Successive years are weighted x1, x2, and x3 so that the greatest weight is applied to the most recent results. Applicants completing their Bachelor degree at the time of application must have at least 0.375 FTE of results at the end of Semester 1 2016, for the results to be used in the GPA-Final calculation. Two-year accelerated Bachelor degrees will be accepted but must be complete at the time of application. The ANU Medical School does not accept 1-year conversion degrees or 2-year degrees.
Currency of qualification Applicants are required to have completed their Bachelor degree within 10 years of the date of application. Applicants who have completed their Bachelor degree outside of the 10 year period will only be considered if there is evidence of continuing tertiary level academic study in the 10 years prior to the date of application - as evidenced by successful completion of at least 0.5 full-time equivalent (FTE), full or part time, i.e. 6 months full time or 1 year part time, enrolment of undergraduate or postgraduate study in a federally approved and tertiary accredited program.
GAMSAT Applicants must have achieved a minimum score of 50 in each section of the GAMSAT and a minimum Overall Score of 55 to be considered for interview.
Bonuses / Special entry schemes A percentage bonus for one of the following degrees: Honours, Master by Research, or PhD (if applicable), may be applied to the combined weighted GPA and Overall GAMSAT score.
Indigenous Applicants Two places are available to Indigenous applicants. Further information is available at http://medicalschool.anu.edu.au
Rural entry 28 per cent of the ANU intake of medical students should be available to applicants of rural background; i.e. have spent a minimum of 5 consecutive or 10 cumulative years study or residing in a rural setting since birth. This means applicants with a rural background may be preferentially moved up the rank order of students.
Interview Applicants for interview are ranked based on a score derived from combining weighted GPA and Overall GAMSAT score, using a weighting of 50:50.
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Interviews for domestic applicants are conducted in late September in Canberra. Interviews will be semi-structured and include multi-stations.
Offers Offers will be based on a final ranking using a 50:50 combination of the interview score and the composite score (50:50 weighted GPA and Overall GAMSAT), previously used for ranking students for an interview offer.
International students International applicants should apply directly to the ANU Medical School. Applicants will be shortlisted for interview on the basis of weighted GPA and GAMSAT or MCAT score. International applicants must meet ANU English Language requirements. Further information is available at http://medicalschool.anu.edu.au
Open Days and Information Sessions
Postgraduate Information Evening Monday 23 May, 4.00 pm – 7.00 pm Further information is available at http://www.anu.edu.au/study/events/postgraduate-information-evening-0
ANU Open Day Saturday 27 August, 10.00 am – 4.00 pm Further information is available at http://www.anu.edu.au/study/events/anu-open-day-2016
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Deakin University School of Medicine
Contact details:
Telephone (03) 9251 7777
Fax (03) 5227 2945
Email [email protected]
Web http://www.deakin.edu.au/medicine/study-options/bachelor-of-medicine-bachelor-of-surgery
Places Available in 2017: 142 (with up to 5 places reserved for indigenous applicants)
CSP 93
BMP 37
International 12
Bachelor Degree/ GPA A minimum weighted GPA of 5.0 is required. The GPA is to be based on academic grades obtained during the final three full-time equivalent years of the most recent undergraduate degree (including an Honours year if applicable). Years are progressively weighted x1, x2 and x3, to give greater weight to the most recent results. The completed undergraduate degree must be from an Australian university or a Higher Education Institution recognised by the Australian Qualifications Framework, or a recognised Bachelor qualification listed in the National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (NOOSR) Guide. Deakin does not recognise 2 year bachelor degrees or 1 year conversion degrees for the purposes of admission to the medical course. Where applicants are in the final year of their degree, a GPA will be calculated based on at least 0.25FTE. However if less than 0.25FTE is available for the final year, these final year results will not be used in the GPA calculation. The GPA will then be calculated from the Final-minus-1 and Final-minus-2 years only.
Currency of qualification Applicants are required to have been awarded their undergraduate degree within 10 years of their projected commencement date. Applicants whose undergraduate degree was completed outside the 10 year period may be considered for admission only if they have successfully completed the equivalent of one year of tertiary study (i.e. one full year of the curriculum) at Honours or Graduate Diploma level, or higher, at an Australian university or Higher Education Institution recognised by the Australian Qualifications Framework, or at a recognised International university listed in the NOOSR Guide. Postgraduate study should also have been completed within 10 years of the projected commencement date of the medical course.
GAMSAT A minimum GAMSAT Overall Score of 50 with a minimum of 50 in each of the three Sections is required to be considered for interview.
Bonuses / Special entry schemes Invitations to interview will be sent to up to 200 applicants based on GAMSAT + GPA Score (50:50) with additional weighting for : Rural/Regional residency: Applicants who meet defined regional and rural residency criteria have a bonus added to the combined GPA and GAMSAT score. To qualify for a bonus for rural/regional residency, applicants must have lived for at least 10 years cumulatively or any 5 years consecutively after birth in a place classified by the Australian Standard Geographic Classification – Remote Areas (ASGC-RA) system as level 2-5. The bonus is also given to applicants who have lived in the City of Greater Geelong for at least 10 years cumulatively or 5 years consecutively from birth.
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Residence in ASGC-RA 2 or the City of Greater Geelong: a bonus of 2% of the combined GPA and GAMSAT score.
Residence in ASGC-RA 3-5: a bonus of 4% of the Combined GPA and GAMSAT score. Prior clinical experience in a health discipline: Applicants who have completed one year (12 months) of Full-Time clinical practice as a registered health professional, receive a 2% bonus. The following health disciplines will attract a 2% bonus: chiropractic, dentistry, nursing, midwifery, optometry, osteopathy, pharmacy, physiotherapy, podiatry, psychology, occupational therapy, dietetics, speech pathology, paramedics, and practitioners of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Chinese Medicine and Medical Radiation. Please note that the health disciplines listed here are the only health disciplines which have been approved by the School of Medicine Admission and Selection Committee for the 2016-17 selection round. No other health disciplines are eligible to receive the clinical experience in a health discipline bonus. Please also note the following:
periods of provisional registration (e.g. as an intern) do not contribute to the 12 month period of being a registered health professional.
future registration or employment cannot be considered. Applicants must have completed the one year (12 months), by the time of application. Bonuses cannot be awarded to applicants who will have completed the 1 year (12 months) of clinical practice by the end of 2016, or by the time the course commences, as there is no way to guarantee that the applicant will actually complete the clinical experience.
Demonstration of financial disadvantage: Applicants who can demonstrate financial disadvantage, which may have impacted on academic performance during their undergraduate degree, may qualify for a bonus for financial disadvantage. The Deakin School of Medicine recognises the following Centrelink benefits: ABSTUDY, AUSTUDY, Parent Payment (Partnered or Single), Youth Allowance, Disability Pension, Veterans Means Assessed Pension. StudyLink benefits apply for applicants from New Zealand. Please note, this does not include a StudyLink loan. Applicants who are able to demonstrate that they have been in receipt of an approved Centrelink/StudyLink benefit, for at least 12 months during their undergraduate degree, receive a 2% bonus. Please note:
applicants must have been in receipt of the Centrelink/StudyLink approved benefit for at least 12 months, at the time of application. Bonuses cannot be awarded to applicants who will have received the benefit for 12 months by the end of 2016 or by the commencement of the course, as there is no way to guarantee that the applicant will actually receive the benefit in the future.
Applicants who wish to apply for the prior clinical experience in a health discipline bonus or the financial disadvantage bonus, must provide supporting documentation, postmarked no later than 5:00pm your time on Monday 13th June 2016.
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Applicants who wish to apply for the Rural/Regional residency bonus, must provide supporting documentation, postmarked no later than 5:00pm your time on Friday 24th June 2016. Please send your supporting documentation and the cover sheet to:
GEMSAS Processing PO Box 522 Ferny Hills DC QLD 4055
Acceptable supporting documents include: Rural/Regional residency bonus = School reports, transcripts from a regional university, supporting letters from a school, university or workplace (signed originals on letterhead), other documents to prove residence such as invoices for telephone, rates, utilities, or bank statements showing your (or your family’s) address. Please ensure that your documentation supports the required number of years of rural living and includes the coversheet you will print off when you submit your on-line application. Prior clinical experience in a health discipline bonus = Supporting letters from your employer stating length of employment and duties, registration documentation, payslips or tax returns. Please ensure that your documentation supports at least 12 months of full-time clinical experience, as a registered health professional and includes the coversheet you will print off when you submit your on-line application. See pages 8 and 9 for more information. Financial disadvantage bonus = Supporting letters from Centrelink or StudyLink, PAYG Payment Summary, tax returns. Please ensure that your documentation supports at least 12 months of being in receipt of an approved Centrelink or StudyLink benefit, during your undergraduate studies and includes the coversheet you will print off when you submit your on-line application. See pages 8 and 9 for more information.
Indigenous Applicants The School will have an intake of up to 5 indigenous students. Prospective applicants should contact the School directly. http://www.deakin.edu.au/medicine/study-options/indigenous-students
English Language Proficiency Students who have undertaken their undergraduate studies in a non-English speaking country must, in addition, obtain a minimum overall IELTS score of 7.0 (and a minimum of 7.0 in all bands). Applicants whose undergraduate degree was conducted and examined entirely in English are considered for exemption for IELTS testing.
Interview Up to 200 applicants will be interviewed. Interviews will be held in Geelong during the week commencing 12 September 2016. Interviewees will be selected based on GAMSAT and weighted GPA (50:50).The ranking for interview will include additional bonus points for:
Relevant prior clinical experience (2%);
Rural/Regional residency (ASGC-RA 2 to 5) (2% - 4%);
Demonstration of financial disadvantage during undergraduate degree (2%).
Interviews will use the Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) format in which applicants are interviewed at up to 10 consecutive stations with 5 minutes for each interaction. Qualities to be assessed at interview include communication skills, professionalism, social awareness, ethical behaviour, and commitment to rural and regional practice.
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Offers The final ranked list, from which offers will be progressively made, is based on an entry score calculation which gives equal weighting to GPA, GAMSAT and Interview. Additional bonus points, previously listed, will be included in this calculation. Offers will be made during November 2016–January 2017. Offers for applicants in the final year of their degree will be provisional. Please note that deferrals are not permitted.
International students International applicants may apply with GAMSAT or MCAT scores. The minimum GAMSAT score is at least 50 in each Section and a score of at least 50 overall. The minimum score for the MCAT test is 8/8/8 for tests taken prior to 2016. For tests taken from January 2016 onwards, the minimum score is 125 in each section. Bonuses will be awarded for relevant prior clinical experience. Students who have undertaken their undergraduate studies in a non-English speaking country must, in addition, obtain a minimum overall IELTS score of 7.0 (with 7.0 or over in each of the four bands). Applicants whose undergraduate degree was conducted and examined entirely in English are considered for exemption for IELTS testing. A combination of GAMSAT/MCAT score, GPA score and bonuses will be taken into consideration when selecting applicants for interview. NB: International applicants must apply directly to International Admissions at Deakin University (http://www.deakin.edu.au/study-at-deakin/international-students/apply). More information is available on the School website: http://www.deakin.edu.au/medicine/study-options/international-admission
Open Days and Information Sessions
Information Night Wednesday 20th April 2016 at REACH, DD building, Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds commencing at 6pm. Open Day Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, Pigdons Road, Sunday 21 August 2016, 9.00am - 3.00pm. Please note: This information is correct at the time of publication.
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Griffith University School of Medicine Contact details:
Telephone 1800 677728
Fax (07) 5552 8706
Email [email protected]
Web www.griffith.edu.au/health/school-medicine
Places Available in 2017:
CSP 54
BMP 36
B.Medical Science Pathway 60
International 25
Doctor of Medicine (MD) Domestic Applicants: Successful Applicants to Griffith University will be admitted to the AQF level 9, Advanced Master’s Graduate Entry Medical Program, the Doctor of Medicine (MD). International Applicants: International Applicants are encouraged to contact Griffith International for more information regarding applying to the Doctor of Medicine (MD) Program. www.griffith.edu.au/international
Bachelor Degree/ GPA Applicants must have achieved a minimum GPA of 5.0 in their most recent Bachelors or other key degree. A key degree is a Bachelor degree, Honours degree, Masters (coursework or research), or a PhD. Graduate Certificates or Graduate Diplomas are NOT considered and do not contribute to the overall GPA. Applicants are ranked for interview based on selections rank derived from a 50/50 combination of an unweighted GPA (converted to a percentage) and the overall GAMSAT score (also from 100). This combination rank means that a lower GAMSAT score may be offset by a higher GPA and vice versa (within the minimum requirement limits). Griffith recognises 2 year accelerated bachelor degrees or 1 year conversion degrees for the purposes of admission to Medicine. However, these degrees MUST be complete at the time of Application. For Bachelor’s degrees, the GPA will be calculated using the GEMSAS grading schema and will be calculated over the final three years of full-time study. Applicants who are in the final year of a Bachelor degree at the time of application will have a GPA calculated over all grades available to date.
The GPA for completed Honours degrees will have a final year GPA applied according to the classification awarded (as per the conversion table in this guide). The balance of the GPA calculation will be based on the final two years of the undergraduate degree. Completed Masters by Research Only (where the degree is non-graded) will receive a GPA of 7.0 for the duration of equivalent full-time study up to a maximum of two years. The balance of the GPA calculation will be based on the final one or two years of the undergraduate degree. Completed Masters by Coursework, or a combination of coursework and research, will have a GPA calculated from the graded components of the program for the duration of equivalent full-time years of study in the program with the balance of the GPA calculation being based on the final one or two years of the undergraduate degree.
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Completed PhDs w i l l receive an overall GPA of 7.0.
Currency of qualification The key degree must have been completed within 10 years of the projected commencement date. Applicants whose key degree was completed outside the 10 year period are considered for admission if they have completed, with a passing Grade Average, the equivalent of 1 year’s full time tertiary level studies within the past 10 years. This study does not need to be a completed program of study as long as the duration is equivalent to one year or more full time. The 10 years is calculated from when you completed your degree not your Graduation date.
GAMSAT Applicants must achieve a minimum score of 50 in each GAMSAT section. As a result of using a 50/50 - GPA/GAMSAT selections methodology there is no discrete cut-off point for GAMSAT.
Australian First Nation Applicants
Griffith upholds a commitment to assist people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island descent to pursue a medical career. All Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island peoples that are committed to a career in medicine are encouraged to apply. Please email [email protected] for further details about the Griffith University Pathway for First Nation Applicants.
Rural Applicants Griffith University Rural Priority Access Scheme:
From 2017, 25% of the Griffith University medical intake will be required to be from a rural background RA2-5. Therefore, applicants who meet these criteria will be given priority access to Griffith University selection interviews (GUMSAA).
International students Griffith University will be accepting applications from international students for 2017 entry. There are a total of 25 International places available including those reserved for international students transitioning from the B. Medical Science pathways program. Only international students who are resident outside Australia may apply using an MCAT score. The minimum MCAT cut-off score is: 123/123/123/123 (492).
Interview The interview or Griffith University Multiple Station Admissions Assessment (GUMSAA) is designed to assess personal qualities deemed desirable in medical students and medical practitioners and will take the form of scenario based, multi-station interviews. Applicants will be invited to GUMSAA based on an interview selections rank score derived from a 50/50 combination of GPA (unweighted) and overall GAMSAT score. GUMSAA for 2017 entry is scheduled to be held on Wednesday September 28th 2016. NOTE: Griffith University will not offer places in Medicine to any candidate who has achieved an interview score of more than one standard deviation below the mean score, wherever the interview was undertaken.
Offers Offers are made based on an overall ranking of interviewed applicants. This ranking is calculated as 50% each of the interview selections rank (based on the combined GPA/GAMSAT score) and the overall Interview score. The first round of offers will be made in early November and if required, ‘top up’ offers will be made in subsequent offer rounds. Applicants who are in the final year of a Bachelors degree at the time offers are made will receive an offer conditional upon them completing their degree before the end of the year while maintaining a GPA above the minimum requirement of 5:00.
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Other requirements Students will need to have by the date of enrolment:
documentation regarding vaccination status; completed an Australian Registered Senior First Aid Course; obtained Australian Federal Government Police Clearance; and Obtained a Working with Children clearance (Blue Card).
See http://www.griffith.edu.au/health/placement-essentials for further information
English Language Proficiency If English is not your first language and: a) if your secondary education was not taught and assessed in English in one of the countries listed below where English is the native or first language; or b) your tertiary qualifications have not been taught and assessed in English in one of the countries listed below, where English is the native or first language: • Australia • Canada • New Zealand • Republic of Ireland • South Africa • United Kingdom • United States of America
you are required to demonstrate your English proficiency by :
1. Providing official evidence of study in a recognised degree program undertaken for two years in the five years prior to commencement at Griffith at an accredited University at which English is the primary language of instruction and assessment in the program undertaken; or
2. Providing Official results of having undertaken an IELTS test (Academic), and achieving a minimum Overall score of 7.0; Listening-7.0; Reading-7.0, Writing –7.0; Spoken – 7.0
Deferrals Griffith only allows the deferral of the commencement of study for one year when there
are documented exceptional circumstances that could not have been foreseen at the time of application. All deferrals must be requested in writing and will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis by the Dean of Medicine.
Failure to Enrol An offer of a place is only available for that year’s intake. An applicant who accepts an offer but does not enrol must reapply to undertake the program in a subsequent year.
Open Days and Information Sessions
Pathways to Medicine Information Evenings:
GOLD COAST: Tuesday 17th May 2016 5:30pm – 8:00pm Venue TBC BRISBANE: Wednesday 18th May 2016 5:30pm – 8:00pm
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Venue TBC GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY OPEN DAY Griffith Open Day will be on Sunday 24 July 2016 at our Gold Coast, Nathan and South Bank campuses
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The University of Melbourne Melbourne Medical School Contact details:
Telephone (03) 8344 5890
Email [email protected]
Web http://medicine.unimelb.edu.au/study-here/doctor_of_medicine
Places Available in 2017*: *These quotas are subject to change.
CSP 182
BMP 73
Full-fee Up to 45
International full-fee Up to 45
Melbourne MD Selection Policies All applicants to Melbourne are asked to refer to the MD Selection Guidelines here for detailed selection policy information.
Extended Rural Cohort (ERC) stream
27 (ERC places are allocated from the domestic quotas above; they are not additional places) Students enrolled in the ERC stream will be allocated to the Rural Clinical School Zone where they will be based for all of years 2 and 3 of the course and half of year 4. ERC students will undertake a significant portion of their clinical education in hospitals and community-based practices within the Northern Victoria Regional Medical Education Network. This network brings together the clinical resources of Monash University and The University of Melbourne in northern Victoria. Preference will be given to applicants who express a particular interest in the program. However, any domestic applicant may be offered an ERC place. International students are not eligible for admission to the ERC stream. For further information go to http://medicine.unimelb.edu.au/study-here/zones/rural/erc
Clinical School Zone Allocation The University of Melbourne has 7 clinical schools where MD students will spend the bulk of the clinical years of the course. These schools are grouped into three clinical school zones. All successful applicants will be allocated to a particular zone with offer, and this allocation cannot be changed. Applicants are advised to read through the Clinical School Zone Allocation policy which can be found here: http://medicine.unimelb.edu.au/assets/documents/policies/Clinical-School-Allocation-v3.6.pdf Further information about the individual clinical schools can be found here: http://medicine.unimelb.edu.au/study-here/zones As of the 2017 intake, clinical school zone allocation will be based on randomised order and applicant preference.
Bachelor Degree/ GPA/ GAMSAT A minimum GPA of 5.0 is required to be considered for interview. It should be noted that this is a minimum. Entry is highly competitive and applicants with a GPA below 5.5 have rarely been admitted to the MD. A minimum GAMSAT Average Score of 50 (with a minimum of 50 in each of the three sections) is required to be considered for interview. Applicants are ranked for interview based on the weighted GPA and the GAMSAT score (where each of the three sections is weighted equally) to provide a ranked list of applicants for selection. Domestic applicants who were successful in gaining an interview for 2016 entry averaged a GAMSAT score of 68 and an average GPA of 6.7. The Grade Point Average (GPA) is measured by considering the last 3 years of the applicant’s undergraduate coursework studies (only including Honours where the Honours Degree is completed by the end of semester one in the year of application, and the results are available for selection).
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If an Honours degree is not completed by mid-year in the year of application, then weightings will be applied by weighting the first of the final three pre-honours undergraduate years by 1, the second year by 2 and the final year by 3. An undergraduate degree is defined as a degree of at least three years duration when studied full-time, or equivalent, from a recognised university. Therefore, 2 year bachelor degrees or 1 year conversion degrees are not recognised for the purposes of admission to the medical course.
Currency of qualification Undergraduate degree must have been completed within 10 years of commencing the Doctor of Medicine. For applicants whose most recently completed undergraduate degree was completed 10 or more years before 1 January 2017, a Graduate Diploma, Master or PhD degree or equivalent must have been completed within the 10 years prior to 1 January 2017. Pre-requisites subjects must have been completed within 10 years of commencing the Doctor of Medicine. For example, if applying for the 2017 intake then prerequisite subjects must have been completed from 2007 onwards.
MCAT Only international students who are resident outside of Australia at the time of application may apply using an MCAT score.
Indigenous Applicants Must meet all minimum selection criteria. An Indigenous Australian who is not otherwise selected must be admitted if the selection committee decides that the applicant is likely to succeed in the proposed course of study. Indigenous Australian applicants are strongly encouraged to submit a GAM application to the University at the same time as their application for entry to the MD (see entry on page 10).
Special entry schemes Graduate Access Melbourne (GAM): Applicants approved for the Graduate Access Melbourne scheme may be re-ranked based on their level of disadvantage. GAM applications must be submitted direct to the University of Melbourne by the closing date for applications. The online GAM application form can be accessed at https://theuniversityofmelbourne.formstack.com/forms/2017_graduate_access_melbourne Please refer to https://futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/admissions/access_melbourne_and_equity_programs/graduate-access-melbourne for further information. Guaranteed entry: Applicants eligible for entry under the Guaranteed Entry scheme should refer to http://medicine.unimelb.edu.au/study-here/doctor_of_medicine for further information to confirm eligibility and for detail about the application process. An applicant eligible for a Full Fee guarantee may submit an online application under the scheme direct to the University of Melbourne AND in order to be eligible for other fee type places, via GEMSAS subject to meeting the selection criteria. The online application form can be accessed at https://theuniversityofmelbourne.formstack.com/forms/2017_guaranteed_entry
Chancellor’s Scholars All Chancellor’s Scholars (who entered their undergraduate degree at The University of Melbourne with an ATAR of 99.90 or above) who would like to be considered for the Doctor of Medicine 2017 intake must complete the following step: Whether you have already satisfactorily completed the Multi-Mini Interview (in December
2013) or not, if you would like to be considered for the Doctor of Medicine 2017 intake, you
are required to apply via this online form
(https://theuniversityofmelbourne.formstack.com/forms/2017_guaranteed_entry) before
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the application deadline, in order to be considered for a Commonwealth Supported Place.
Please note that all subject pre-requisites must be met. If you have not yet completed the
Multi-Mini Interview, you will be invited to interview in September, providing you have
applied via the above listed online form by the due date.
To check your eligibility for a Guaranteed Entry Scheme, please go to http://futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/admissions/high_achievers_programs/graduate-course-guarantees
Rural entry The University of Melbourne is committed to providing equitable access for applicants from a rural background to its graduate courses via the Graduate Access Melbourne program. The Melbourne Medical School at The University of Melbourne recognises the importance of building and sustaining a rural medical workforce and will therefore offer priority access to at least 25% of domestic places in the Melbourne MD to applicants from a rural background, subject to the standard selection policies and procedures.
Interview Multi Mini Interviews (MMI): The interview component will be an 8 station Multiple Mini Interview. Each station takes 5 minutes and has a single interviewer. The MMI aims to assess non-academic qualities including cultural sensitivity, maturity, collaboration, reliability and communication skills. The stations could include practical tasks, answering questions, commenting on short films, and explaining your thinking. Candidates who apply to both Physiotherapy and Medicine at Melbourne will only be offered one MMI in any one academic year. The results of the MMI will be used for both applications. Further important information on how the MMI is applied to guaranteed entry and GEMSAS applications can be found here: http://medicine.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/1688381/MMI_Course_Selection_in_MD_v1.0.pdf
Offers Offers will be made on the basis of a combined ranked list where ranks by GPA, GAMSAT and Interview are given equal weighting.
Conditional Offers If you are made an offer of a place, and you have not completed your degree, or pre-requisite subjects, then the offer will be conditional. When we get your final results we will calculate your final GPA. You will be expected to maintain the GPA used when shortlisted for interview. If you don’t meet the conditions by the specified date your offer will be withdrawn. Applicants enrolled in a combined degree must complete both awards in order to have their offer confirmed.
Pre-requisite subjects and equivalents
The three pre-requisite subjects are anatomy, physiology and biochemistry successfully undertaken at 2nd year level. A table of approved pre-requisite equivalent subjects can be found at http://sc.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/prerequisites If the subjects you have studied are not included in the published lists, please review the instructions on how to have your subjects assessed at the pre-requisite website. The deadline for submitting subjects for assessment is Friday 6 May 2016.
Applicants who submit complete documentation by Friday 6 May 2016 will be advised of the subject equivalence before the closing date for applications. Submissions received after this date will be processed and the outcome issued within three weeks of submission.
Applicants who have not submitted documentation for assessment OR have not demonstrated equivalence as part of their GEMSAS application (e.g. evidence of relevant completed or
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enrolled subjects) will be deemed to have failed the pre-requisite requirements and will not be eligible for selection into the MD. Applicants enrolling in pre-requisite subjects in 2016 must have results available by Thursday 5 January 2017. Applicants should confirm with their enrolling institution that results will be available by this date. If results will not be available, applicants should apply for the 2018 intake. Subjects must have been completed within 10 years of commencing the Doctor of Medicine.
Selection Criteria For detailed selection criteria, refer to the University of Melbourne website http://medicine.unimelb.edu.au/study-here/doctor_of_medicine or the University Handbook https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/current/MC-DMED
Core Participation Requirements All applicants must familiarise themselves with the Doctor of Medicine Core Participation Requirements before applying to enter the MD at Melbourne, which can be found on the following website: http://medicine.unimelb.edu.au/students/policies. This document outlines the aptitude required to achieve the necessary attributes to progress through the course. All successful applicants will be asked to acknowledge that they have read and understood the Core Participation Requirements of the MD before commencing in the course.
International students International students may apply with either a score from GAMSAT or MCAT. International applicants with an MCAT cannot be considered if they are residing in Australia at the time of application (these applicants must apply with GAMSAT). Applicants who have undertaken their undergraduate studies in a language other than English should consult the website http://futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/admissions/entry-requirements/language-requirements, for information about minimum English language requirements.
English Language Proficiency Domestic applicants who have undertaken their undergraduate studies in English in one of the following countries are deemed to have met the English Language Requirements: • Australia • Canada • New Zealand • Singapore • Republic of Ireland • South Africa • United Kingdom • United States of America Applicants who have not completed undergraduate studies in one of these countries can satisfy the English Language Requirements in a number of ways, as outlined on the website and must provide evidence to support this: http://futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/admissions/entry-requirements/language-requirements
Open Days and Information Sessions
University Open Day: Sunday 21 August 2016 For further updates and details of Information Sessions refer to http://mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/study/meet-us
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The University of Notre Dame Australia School of Medicine, Fremantle
The information detailed below only applies to The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle. Applicants to The University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney must read the separate information contained in this Guide.
The Objects of The University of Notre Dame Australia are:
a. The provision of university education, within a context of Catholic faith and values; and b. The provision of an excellent standard of: i. teaching, scholarship and research; ii. training for the professions; and iii. pastoral care for its students.
Contact details:
Telephone (08) 9433 0537
Email [email protected]
Web www.nd.edu.au/FreoMD
Places Available in 2017*: *The expected number of places available for the Doctor of Medicine (MD) in 2017 is subject to change.
CSP 71
BMP 29
Full-fee Up to 20
Fee-type and Quotas
Applicants must specify the types of places they wish to be considered for. Applicants will not be considered for a place they have not selected. Offers will be made in the following order: CSP first, BMP second and Full-Fee third.
Change of Fee-Type Preferences No fee-type changes whatsoever will be allowed for Commonwealth Support (bonded or non-bonded) places. The only request for a change of fee-type that may be considered is a request to add or remove the ‘Full-Fee’ category. For example, if you have listed that you will accept a Full- Fee place but your circumstances have now changed so that you would not be in a financial position to accept such a place, you may remove this fee-type from your preferences. Conversely, should your financial situation change so that you could accept a fee-paying place, you may add a ‘Full-Fee’ fee-type preference. However, applicants must note that in this circumstance, ONLY one change per application year is permissible. Subsequent change requests will not be considered. All changes must be submitted by no later than 4pm (AWST) on 4 October 2016. Requests received after this date/time will not be considered. To submit a change of fee-type preference for Notre Dame Fremantle, please email
Fremantle Admissions at [email protected]. All changes, if approved, will
be confirmed by the University via email.
No Transfer of offer between Notre Dame’s Fremantle and Sydney campuses.
Prior to submission of university preferences, each applicant must give detailed consideration to the Notre Dame campus that they are applying to. Under no circumstances whatsoever will any offer of a place to a new commencing student be transferable between Notre Dame’s Sydney and Fremantle campuses.
Selection Process Candidates are selected for admission on the basis of the following criteria:
Notre Dame Portfolio: Personal qualities and motivation to study medicine and to study at Notre Dame Fremantle;
GAMSAT Overall Score: Applicants are expected to achieve an overall GAMSAT score of 50 or greater;
Grade Point Average (GPA): Applicants are expected to achieve an overall GPA score of 5.0 or greater; and
Interview (Multi Mini/Structured Interview).
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Bachelor Degree/ GPA Calculation
Applicants must have completed, or be in the final year of a three year full-time equivalent (FTE) undergraduate degree (including an Honours year if applicable). Other qualifications will not be considered eligible unless specified below. GPAs are calculated on the most recently completed undergraduate degree including Honours year where applicable. Postgraduate qualifications are not included in GPA calculations. GPA years will be progressively weighted Final-minus-2 x 1, Final-minus-1 x 2 and Final x 3, to give greatest weight to the most recent results. Applicants who have completed degrees of more than 3 years in duration should only use the units which comprise the last 3 FTE years of study. For more information regarding GPA calculations and this terminology please refer to the GPA Guides on the GEMSAS Website: http://www.gemsas.edu.au/gpa-calculations/ If a qualifying degree consists of unspecified credit, all grades from the most recent study from previous degree/s will be used so that a full 3 year FTE period is utilised to calculate the GPA. GPAs will be calculated using Bachelor level study only. Study below Bachelor level will not be considered for the purpose of GPA calculation. Other qualifications will not be considered unless outlined below:
Embedded degrees - An undergraduate/postgraduate combined embedded degree consisting of at
least a two year undergraduate plus a =/> one year postgraduate degree; requiring completion of all components including the postgraduate units in order to meet minimum requirements. Completion of only the embedded undergraduate component of the overall combined undergraduate/postgraduate degree will be deemed insufficient. Full requirements of the undergraduate/postgraduate degree must be completed by 31 December 2016. Where an embedded undergraduate/postgraduate degree has been used as the qualifying undergraduate degree, only the undergraduate units will be used in calculating the GPA. Years will then be progressively weighted Final-minus-2 x1, Final-minus-1 x2 and Final x3 or Final-minus-2 x1 and Final-minus-1 x2 (as applicable).
2 year degrees - 2 year full-time fast-tracked degrees which offer three trimesters per annum as
opposed to two semesters (equivalent to 3 years FTE), will be accepted subject to completion at a Commonwealth accredited institution.
- A completed 2 year FTE undergraduate degree will be accepted as the qualifying degree where the applicant has previously completed a 3 year FTE undergraduate degree. Where a 2 year FTE undergraduate degree has been completed after the completion of a 3 year FTE undergraduate degree, the GPA years will be progressively weighted Final-minus-2 x1, Final-minus-1 x2.
- Notre Dame Fremantle does not recognise two year Bachelor degrees or one year conversion degrees for the purpose of admission to the Doctor of Medicine, unless outlined above.
Applicants in their final year of study - Applicants who apply using their current enrolled undergraduate degree will be
expected to successfully complete all requirements of the degree as at 31 December 2016. Deferred or supplementary exams required in order to fulfil degree completion requirements and which are scheduled post 31 December 2016, will be deemed not to have met minimum completion requirements. As such, applicants must give detailed consideration to the stipulated deadlines if and when requesting deferred or supplementary exams. Where an applicant is in their final year of study, their final year GPA will be calculated based on the
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completed units within their final year. For example, if 0.25FTE units have been completed and the applicant is expected to complete 0.75FTE that year in order to complete their degree, their final year GPA will be calculated using 0.25FTE of units. Offers to successful candidates completing their degree in 2016 will be conditional upon maintenance of a competitive GPA and documentary evidence of degree completion prior to 31 December 2016.
Currency of qualification Applicants are required to have completed their qualifying undergraduate degree within 10 years of 31 July 2016. The only exception to this is if within 10 years of 31 July 2016 they have successfully completed the equivalent of one year’s full-time tertiary studies at Bachelor level or higher as defined by the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) or for international qualifications, defined by the Australian Department of Education and Training Qualifications Recognition Policy Unit (previously AEI-NOOSR).
Application process All applicants (including CSP, BMP and Full-Fee paying) must complete the online GEMSAS Application inclusive of the embedded Notre Dame Portfolio. The Notre Dame Portfolio must be completed regardless of what preference you have ranked Notre Dame Fremantle on the GEMSAS application. Applicants who fail to submit a Notre Dame Portfolio will not be considered. As part of the Notre Dame Portfolio, applicants MUST complete the Personal Statement section (on-line). In this, applicants will be asked to outline their motivation to pursue a career in Medicine and to study at Notre Dame, including their understanding of and respect for the Objects of the University. Applicants who fail to submit a Personal Statement as part of the Notre Dame Portfolio will not be considered. The Notre Dame Portfolio may take time to complete and it is recommended that applicants commence preparation early and submit well before the closing date. A Notre Dame Portfolio template and guide will be available from the Notre Dame website from 30 April 2016 at www.nd.edu.au/FreoMD and applicants are strongly encouraged to consider this template and guide when completing the Notre Dame Portfolio. It is the responsibility of the applicant to review their application BEFORE submission. With the exception of updating verification contact information, STRICTLY no changes can be made once submitted. Verification contact detail changes should only be requested if the contact has updated contact details or is no longer able to verify experience due to unforeseen circumstances outside of the applicant’s control. All verification contact details should be finalised before the submission of your portfolio. To update verification contact details please contact the Notre Dame Fremantle Admissions Office at [email protected]
Higher degrees (PhD & Masters) Recognition will be given to higher degrees of PhD or Masters by research or coursework completed by 31 July 2016 through the scoring on the Notre Dame Portfolio Embedded combined undergraduate/postgraduate degrees will not be awarded bonus points.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants can apply through GEMSAS or may contact The Notre Dame Fremantle Admissions Office on (08) 9433 0537 for advice on alternative pathways.
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Rural applicants A number of Australian medical students, equivalent to at least 25% of the University’s Commonwealth-supported medical student allocation, must come from a rural background as defined by the Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training (RHMT) Programme 2016 - 2018. Bonus points may be allocated within the Notre Dame Portfolio to applicants who are identified as coming from a rural background. If you come from a rural background (ASGC-RA 2 to 5 area) and wish to be considered for bonus points, you will need to provide documentary evidence to GEMSAS and meet the eligibility requirements as defined by the RHMT Programme 2016 - 2018. Eligibility requirements are detailed by GEMSAS in this publication.
Special Entry/Pathway Schemes Applicants are strongly advised to regularly check the Notre Dame website for details on additional Special Entry/Pathway Schemes (SEP Schemes). Notre Dame, Fremantle may include the following SEP Schemes for 2016:
A pathway for applicants who have resided in Western Australia cumulatively for 10 years or more.
A pathway for School leavers.
Further details will be published on the Notre Dame website.
Interview Approximately 190* applicants will be interviewed. Interview offer will be made in September 2016. Interviews will be held in Fremantle in September/ October 2016. *Subject to change. The University of Notre Dame Australia reserves the right to offer interviews above the stipulated quota to applicants from alternative pathways.
Offers Applicants are ranked by combining the standardised scores calculated from a combination of the GPA, GAMSAT and Notre Dame Portfolio with the applicant’s interview score. At the completion of the full admissions process applicants will be ranked using the University’s selection criteria. Offers for both interview and course places are made via email to the email address provided by an applicant in his or her application. In the event that no acceptance is received from an applicant within the stipulated timeframe, the offer will no longer be valid. Offers to successful candidates completing their degree in 2016 will be conditional upon maintenance of a competitive GPA. The offer will be made conditional until evidence is received that the applicant has achieved the required GPA as stated in the offer letter. Applicants who are conditionally offered are encouraged to approach their conferring institution to ensure that their completion will be confirmed by 31 December 2016. Under no circumstances will offers to study the Doctor of Medicine at Notre Dame, Fremantle be deferred or transferred.
International Students There will be no places available for international students in 2017.
Open Days and Information Sessions
Medicine Course Information Session Sunday 20 March 2016 11.00am-1pm The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle Campus Tannock Hall of Education, Corner of Croke & Cliff St, Fremantle
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Open Day Sunday 21 August 2016, 10am-3pm The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle Campus 19 Mouat Street, Fremantle
Changes/Updates All the information provided on this form is subject to change. Applicants are strongly advised to regularly check the Notre Dame website for updates/changes to any of the information on this form.
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The University of Notre Dame Australia School of Medicine, Sydney
The information detailed below only applies to The University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney. Applicants to The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle must read the separate information contained in this Guide.
The Objects of The University of Notre Dame Australia are:
a. The provision of university education, within a context of Catholic faith and values; and b. The provision of an excellent standard of: i. teaching, scholarship and research; ii. training for the professions; and iii. pastoral care for its students.
Contact details:
Telephone (02) 8204 4404
Email [email protected]
Web http://www.nd.edu.au/SydMD
Places Available in 2017*: *The expected number of places available for the Doctor of Medicine (MD) in 2017 is subject to change.
CSP 43
BMP 17
Full-fee Up to 60
Fee-type and Quotas Applicants must specify the types of places they wish to be considered for. Applicants will not be considered for a place they have not selected. Offers will be made in the following order: CSP first, BMP second and Full-Fee third.
Change of Fee-Type Preferences No fee-type changes whatsoever will be allowed for Commonwealth Support (bonded or non-bonded) places. The only request for a change of fee-type that may be considered is a request to add or remove the ‘Full-Fee’ category. For example, if you have listed that you will accept a Full- Fee place but your circumstances have now changed so that you would not be in a financial position to accept such a place, you may remove this fee-type from your preferences. Conversely, should your financial situation change so that you could accept a fee-paying place, you may add a ‘Full-Fee’ fee-type preference. However, applicants must note that in this circumstance, ONLY one change per application year is permissible. Subsequent change requests will not be considered. All changes must be submitted by no later than 4pm (AEST) on 4 October 2016. Requests received after this date/time will not be considered. To submit a change of fee-type preference for Notre Dame Sydney, please email Sydney Admissions at [email protected]. All changes, if approved, will be confirmed by the University via email.
No Transfer of offer between Notre Dame’s Fremantle and Sydney campuses.
Prior to submission of university preferences, each applicant must give detailed consideration to the Notre Dame campus that they are applying to. Under no circumstances whatsoever will any offer of a place to a new commencing student be transferable between Notre Dame’s Sydney and Fremantle campuses.
Selection Process Candidates are selected for admission on the basis of the following criteria:
Notre Dame Portfolio: Personal qualities and motivation to study medicine and to study at Notre Dame Sydney;
GAMSAT Overall Score: Applicants are expected to achieve an overall GAMSAT score of 50 or greater;
Grade Point Average (GPA): Applicants are expected to achieve an overall GPA score of 5.0 or greater; and
Interview (Multi Mini/Structured Interview).
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Bachelor Degree / GPA Calculation
Applicants must have completed, or be in the final year of a three year full-time equivalent (FTE) undergraduate degree (including an Honours year if applicable). Other qualifications will not be considered eligible unless specified below. GPAs are calculated on the most recently completed undergraduate degree including Honours year where applicable. Postgraduate qualifications are not included in GPA calculations. GPA years will be progressively weighted Final-minus-2 x 1, Final-minus-1 x 2 and Final x 3, to give greatest weight to the most recent results. Applicants who have completed degrees of more than 3 years in duration should only use the units which comprise the last 3 FTE years of study. For more information regarding GPA calculations and this terminology please refer to the GPA Guides on the GEMSAS Website: http://www.gemsas.edu.au/gpa-calculations/ If a qualifying degree consists of unspecified credit, all grades from the most recent study from previous degree/s will be used so that a full 3 year FTE period is utilised to calculate the GPA. GPAs will be calculated using Bachelor level study only. Study below Bachelor level will not be considered for the purpose of GPA calculation. Other qualifications will not be considered unless outlined below:
Embedded degrees - An undergraduate/postgraduate combined embedded degree consisting of at
least a two year undergraduate plus a =/> one year postgraduate degree; requiring completion of all components including the postgraduate units in order to meet minimum requirements. Completion of only the embedded undergraduate component of the overall combined undergraduate/postgraduate degree will be deemed insufficient. Full requirements of the undergraduate/postgraduate degree must be completed by 31 December 2016. Where an embedded undergraduate/postgraduate degree has been used as the qualifying undergraduate degree, only the undergraduate units will be used in calculating the GPA. Years will then be progressively weighted Final-minus-2 x1, Final-minus-1 x2 and Final x3 or Final-minus-2 x1 and Final-minus-1 x2 (as applicable).
2 year degrees - 2 year full-time fast-tracked degrees which offer three trimesters per annum
as opposed to two semesters (equivalent to 3 years FTE), will be accepted subject to completion at a Commonwealth accredited institution.
- A completed 2 year FTE undergraduate degree will be accepted as the qualifying degree where the applicant has previously completed a 3 year FTE undergraduate degree. Where a 2 year FTE undergraduate degree has been completed after the completion of a 3 year FTE undergraduate degree, the GPA years will be progressively weighted Final-minus-2 x1, Final-minus-1 x2.
- Notre Dame Sydney does not recognise two year Bachelor degrees or one year conversion degrees for the purpose of admission to the Doctor of Medicine, unless outlined above.
Applicants in their final year of study - Applicants who apply using their current enrolled undergraduate degree will
be expected to successfully complete all requirements of the degree as at 31 December 2016. Deferred or supplementary exams required in order to fulfil degree completion requirements and which are scheduled post 31 December 2016, will be deemed not to have met minimum completion requirements. As such, applicants must give detailed consideration to the stipulated deadlines if and when requesting deferred or supplementary exams. Where an applicant is in their final year of study, their final year GPA will be calculated based on
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the completed units within their final year. For example, if 0.25FTE units have been completed and the applicant is expected to complete 0.75FTE that year in order to complete their degree, their final year GPA will be calculated using 0.25FTE of units. Offers to successful candidates completing their degree in 2016 will be conditional upon maintenance of a competitive GPA and documentary evidence of degree completion prior to 31 December 2016.
Currency of qualification Applicants are required to have completed their qualifying undergraduate degree within 10 years of 31 July 2016. The only exception to this is if within 10 years of 31 July 2016 they have successfully completed the equivalent of one year’s full-time tertiary studies at Bachelor level or higher as defined by the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) or for international qualifications, defined by the Australian Department of Education and Training Qualifications Recognition Policy Unit (previously AEI-NOOSR).
Application process All applicants (including CSP, BMP and Full-Fee paying) must complete the online GEMSAS Application inclusive of the embedded Notre Dame Portfolio. The Notre Dame Portfolio must be completed regardless of what preference you have ranked Notre Dame Sydney on the GEMSAS application. Applicants who fail to submit a Notre Dame Portfolio will not be considered. As part of the Notre Dame Portfolio, applicants MUST complete the Personal Statement section (on-line). In this, applicants will be asked to outline their motivation to pursue a career in Medicine and to study at Notre Dame, including their understanding of and respect for the Objects of the University. Applicants who fail to submit a Personal Statement as part of the Notre Dame Portfolio will not be considered. The Notre Dame Portfolio may take time to complete and it is recommended that applicants commence preparation early and submit well before the closing date. A Notre Dame Portfolio template and guide will be available from the Notre Dame website from 30 April 2016 at www.nd.edu.au/SydMD and applicants are strongly encouraged to consider this template and guide when completing the Notre Dame Portfolio. It is the responsibility of the applicant to review their application BEFORE submission. With the exception of updating verification contact information, STRICTLY no changes can be made once submitted. Verification contact detail changes should only be requested if the contact has updated contact details or is no longer able to verify experience due to unforeseen circumstances outside of the applicant’s control. All verification contact details should be finalised before the submission of your portfolio. To update verification contact details please contact the Notre Dame Sydney Admissions Office at [email protected]
Higher degrees (PhD & Masters) Recognition will be given to higher degrees of PhD or Masters by research or coursework completed by 31 July 2016 through the scoring on the Notre Dame Portfolio. Embedded combined undergraduate/postgraduate degrees will not be awarded bonus points.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants can apply through GEMSAS or may contact The Notre Dame Sydney Admissions Office on 8204 4430 for advice on alternative pathways.
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Rural applicants A number of Australian medical students, equivalent to at least 25% of the University’s Commonwealth-supported medical student allocation, must come from a rural background as defined by the Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training (RHMT) Programme 2016 - 2018. Bonus points may be allocated within the Notre Dame Portfolio to applicants who are identified as coming from a rural background. If you come from a rural background (ASGC-RA 2 to 5 area) and wish to be considered for bonus points, you will need to provide documentary evidence to GEMSAS and meet the eligibility requirements as defined by the RHMT Programme 2016 - 2018. Eligibility requirements are detailed by GEMSAS in this publication.
Special Entry/Pathway Schemes
Applicants are strongly advised to regularly check the Notre Dame website (www.nd.edu.au/SydMD) for details on additional Special Entry/Pathway Schemes (SEP Schemes) which may be available for 2017 entry.
Interview Approximately 300* applicants will be interviewed. Interview offer will be made in September 2016. Interviews will be held in Sydney in September/ October 2016. *Subject to change. The University of Notre Dame Australia reserves the right to offer interviews above the stipulated quota to applicants from alternative pathways.
Offers Applicants are ranked by combining the standardised scores calculated from a combination of the GPA, GAMSAT and Notre Dame Portfolio with the applicant’s interview score. At the completion of the full admissions process applicants will be ranked using the University’s selection criteria. Offers for both interview and course places are made via email to the email address provided by an applicant in his or her application. In the event that no acceptance is received from an applicant within the stipulated timeframe, the offer will no longer be valid. Offers to successful candidates completing their degree in 2016 will be conditional upon maintenance of a competitive GPA. The offer will be made conditional until evidence is received that the applicant has achieved the required GPA as stated in the offer letter. Applicants who are conditionally offered are encouraged to approach their conferring institution to ensure that their completion will be confirmed by 31 December 2016. Under no circumstances will offers to study the Doctor of Medicine at Notre Dame, Sydney be deferred or transferred.
International Students There will be no places available for international students in 2017.
Open Days and Information Sessions
Medicine Course Information Session Tuesday 19 May 6.00pm The University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney Campus School of Medicine (ND35), 160 Oxford St, Darlinghurst To register your attendance, please visit: http://www.nd.edu.au/events/2016/medicine-information-session-may Open Day Saturday 27 August 2016 9.00am - 3.00pm The University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney Campus, 140 Broadway, Chippendale. To register attendance, please visit: http://www.nd.edu.au/events/2016/open-day-sydney
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Changes/Updates All the information provided on this form is subject to change. Applicants are strongly advised to regularly check the Notre Dame website for updates/changes to any of the information on this form.
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The University of Queensland School of Medicine
Contact details:
Telephone (07) 3365 2203
Fax (07) 3365 2061
Email [email protected]
Web https://medicine.uq.edu.au
International International Applicants should contact UQ International - email: [email protected]
Places Available in 2017: Numbers are indicative only and are subject to annual variations
CSP 100
BMP 40
Provisional cohort 140 (includes 40 BMP)
ATSI No set quota
International 230
In 2015, UQ replaced the MBBS program with the Doctor of Medicine (MD) program. The MD program is a 4 year extended Masters award that is available as a Commonwealth Supported Program for domestic students.
Bachelor Degree/ GPA Applicants must have achieved a minimum converted GPA of 5.0 in their most recent key degree. A key degree means the most recently completed Bachelor degree awarded by an accredited Australian institution (or overseas equivalent). Where an applicant has completed an approved Honours award, Graduate Diploma, Postgraduate Diploma, Masters or Doctoral degree after completion of a Bachelor degree, the most recent of these will be used as the key degree. A Bachelor level key degree must have a minimum standard duration of six semesters of full time study. Bachelor degrees which have a standard duration of less than six semesters of full time study will not be considered in UQ’s assessment process. Postgraduate degrees will only be accepted as a subsequent key degree where an applicant has previously completed a Bachelor degree of the required minimum standard duration. Where the key degree is a Bachelor degree, Graduate Diploma, Postgraduate Diploma or Masters (by coursework) the GPA is calculated over the entire duration of the degree, and is not divided into years. All subjects studied while enrolled in the key degree program are included in the calculation, whether or not they counted towards the award of the degree. Any other study for which credit was given towards the degree must be included. Where the degree was completed as part of a combined, dual or parallel degree program, all subjects studied towards both degrees are included in the calculation of the GPA. Letter grades are used in all GPA calculations by the University of Queensland. Percentages are only used when letter grades are unavailable. PhD and Masters (by research) receive a converted GPA of 7.0. Honours (by research) receive a GPA as per the Honours category in the conversion table on page 72. The GPA for Bachelor degrees with embedded or ‘on-course Honours’ (typically 4 or 5 year degrees) may be calculated using whichever method gives the highest result. That is, either GPA calculation based on the coursework, or from the Honours category. GPA calculations are often incomplete at the time of offers. Applicants are advised not to include a UQ preference if their GPA does not or will not meet the required minimum. The GPA is not used to rank applicants, but is used as a tiebreaker when necessary (see also ‘Offers’ section).
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Current study assessments UQ will only consider a current study assessment where all of the following conditions apply: 1) The applicant is currently completing their first key degree or they don’t already have a GPA of 5.0 or better in their most recently completed key degree, and 2) Some finalised grades are available for the current key degree program, and 3) The progressive GPA of the current study is above 5.0, and 4) It is possible for the applicant to complete the current key degree before 31 December in the year of application. If one or more of these conditions are not met, a current study assessment will not be considered by UQ unless the current study is being undertaken by research. In this scenario, a GPA of 5.0 will be nominally awarded to keep the applicant active in the selection pool. Any offer made based on a current study assessment will require completion of the qualifying key degree prior to 31 December in the year of application with the required minimum overall GPA of 5.0. If either the completion requirement or the GPA requirement are not met, the conditional offer will be rescinded and the applicant’s place in the program will be cancelled.
Currency of qualification Applicants whose key degree was completed more than 10 years prior to commencement in the MD may be considered if they have successfully completed the equivalent of at least one full semester (i.e. 0.50 FTE) of postgraduate coursework study in the recent 10 year period. The reactivation study must be graded and it must be completed at Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Postgraduate Diploma or coursework Master level.
GAMSAT Applicants must achieve a minimum score of 50 in each section. Applicants with any section score below 50 are deemed ineligible.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) Applicants
Applicants who are from an ATSI background are required to submit their application directly to UQ’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (ATSIS) Unit for consideration under a separate selection process which involves short listing and interview. Short listed applicants must be able to provide documented proof of their ATSI status at their interview. Please contact the ATSIS Unit ([email protected]) for more information. The GAMSAT exam is not compulsory for ATSI applicants at UQ. However, it is recommended that ATSI applicants who choose to undertake the GAMSAT exam should also apply through GEMSAS and include UQ in their preference list in addition to undertaking the alternative process which is administered by the ATSIS Unit. ATSI background applicants who choose not to sit the GAMSAT exam should not apply through GEMSAS. It is important to note that if an ATSI background student applies directly to UQ and also chooses to lodge a separate GEMSAS application but doesn’t include UQ in their preference list, UQ will be considered to be their preference number 7.
Rural entry In accordance with Government legislation, The University of Queensland will offer 25% of places to students from a rural background. Students will be eligible for consideration in the Rural Background Students (RBS) sub quota if they have spent at least 5 years continuously, or 10 years cumulatively, living in a rural Australian area as determined by the ASGC-RA (Australian Standard Geographical Classification - Remoteness Area) system. As approved rural background applicants compete for places within a sub quota, the GAMSAT cut-off may be lower for this cohort.
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All other standard selection policies and procedures still apply. However, UQ awards two bonus points to the overall GAMSAT score to assist rural background applicants in being more competitive for non-bonded places. Applicants who wish to be considered through this scheme will need to provide documentary evidence to GEMSAS as detailed on page 16 of the GEMSAS Guide and the GEMSAS website.
Interview UQ does not interview applicants for graduate entry Medicine. The only exception is for ATSI background applicants (see above for information).
Clinical Preferences All students commencing the MD program in 2017 will be assigned to the St Lucia campus for their first two years of study (Phase 1). Students will be able to nominate their preferred clinical location. However, nominating a clinical preference doesn’t guarantee placement at that site. Clinical placements will be allocated by the School of Medicine according to the available places.
Offers UQ’s major offer round is released in August/September of each year. Applicants will be ranked in order of merit by their GAMSAT Overall Score, and offers will be made accordingly. Applicants within the same GAMSAT Overall Score band will be differentiated by the GPA from the most recently completed key degree. The lowest entry scores are normally derived from the first round of offers. Applicants are advised that the required entry scores for subsequent offer rounds are often higher than those of the first round of offers. Quotas are filled in the order of non-bonded CSP, then bonded CSP (known as BMP). Rural Background (RBS) places will be filled from both bonded and non-bonded places. Offers made to applicants in the final year of their qualifying key degree will be conditional upon the completion of their current degree before 31 December in the year of offer with a GPA of 5.0 or better.
Other Requirements By program commencement, students will need to have:
Completed a schedule of immunisations;
Obtained a current Apply First Aid certificate;
Provided evidence of status with respect to blood-borne viruses
Obtained a Working with Children (‘Blue Card’) clearance; and.
Criminal History Check (requirement to be confirmed)
Deferrals The deferment rules for the MD program are currently under review. If you are successful in gaining an offer to study at UQ and you have experienced an unexpected life event (after lodging your application) that will delay your commencement of study, please contact UQ Admissions to discuss your options. If you expect to be requesting deferment prior to lodging your GEMSAS application, it is highly recommended that you consider applying for a future intake instead.
English Proficiency A domestic applicant from a non-English speaking background (NESB) must satisfy the English Language Proficiency (ELP) requirements in order to be considered for a place. The ELP requirements of domestic NESB students are the same as those for international NESB applicants and they can be found at the following link: http://www.uq.edu.au/international-students/english-language-requirements
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International Students International applicants must apply directly to UQ International Admissions section and not through GEMSAS. The international application form is located on the UQ website (www.uq.edu.au). International applicants may apply with either GAMSAT or MCAT scores. Selection is based on the same criteria as for domestic applicants. Applicants with MCAT scores must have achieved minimum scores of 8/8/8 to be eligible. GAMSAT score requirements vary between intakes. The 2017 intake’s GAMSAT requirements were not yet available at the time of printing. Please contact UQ International through [email protected] for the latest advice on this topic. All applicants from a non-English speaking background (NESB) must satisfy the English Language Proficiency (ELP) requirements in order to be considered for a place in the MD program. Details of the ELP requirements can be found at the following link: http://www.uq.edu.au/international-students/english-language-requirements
Open Days and Information Sessions
St Lucia campus
Sunday 7 August 2016 9am – 3pm For more information please see http://www.youruq.com/openday/
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The University of Western Australia Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences
Contact details:
Telephone (08) 6488 4646
Fax (08) 6488 4848
Email [email protected]
Web www.meddent.uwa.edu.au/admissions
Course Type UWA offers a 4-year Doctor of Medicine (MD) course.
Places Available in 2017: Approximately 85 Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP), of which:
approximately 28% of places are available for rural applicants;
up to 10% of places are available for Indigenous students.
28.5% of all domestic medical places are BMPs; however because there are no School Leaver entry BMPs for non-rural, non-Broadway applicants, the Standard Pathway will have more than 28.5% BMPs.
Further information on quotas can be found on our website.
CSP Approximately 50 places
BMP Approximately 35 places
International Approximately 20 places
Bachelor Degree/ GPA In order to be eligible for entry, applicants must have completed a recognised* bachelor degree, or will complete a recognised* bachelor degree by the end of the application year. Applicants who only hold higher degrees: As all applicants require a recognised* bachelor degree for entry to the UWA MD course, applicants who have completed a higher degree but have not completed a recognised* bachelor degree will not be eligible for consideration. Study included in the GPA calculation: Applicants must have achieved a GPA of at least 5.5 at time of interview selection. The GPA is calculated on the most recent three full-time-equivalent years (FTE) of study (e.g. 3 FTE is 144 credit points at UWA). Please note this excludes any exemptions, credit or advanced standing. The Faculty includes Bachelor, Honours (only if already completed or if it will be completed by end of semester one, 2016), Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, and Masters by coursework level of study in the GPA calculation if undertaken in the most recent three years FTE. Additional study (other than honours) does not need to be completed. Applicants who have undertaken additional study (whether postgraduate or additional undergraduate study) should indicate this on the GEMSAS application. Unweighted GPA: The GPA for UWA is not weighted. To calculate an unweighted GPA you simply need to add the three GPA years (final GPA year, final GPA year-1 and final GPA year -2) together and divide by three. If you only have two years of results at the time you calculate your GPA you would add the two GPA years together and divide by 2. Further GPA Complications: Please see our website for information on how we deal with the following complications to a GPA calculation:
Ungraded Passes (and Fails)
Exchange Studies
Credit/Exemptions/Advanced Standing
Not-for-degree/Open University studies.
Repeating Units
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Minimal results in the current year of study: Where an applicant has 0.25 FTE (or less) of results for their final GPA year at the end of semester 1, 2016, the Faculty will include older study, where available. Where no older study is available, the Faculty will calculate the GPA on only the “GPA Final-1” and “GPA Final-2” years. In this instance, if an applicant is made an offer, it will be conditional upon their performance in all units in 2016 (see section below about conditional offers). Applicants with completed PhDs: Applicants who have completed a PhD (from a recognised Institution) by the time of application will be awarded/deemed a GPA of 7.0. Applicants with completed Masters by Research: Completed Masters by research qualifications are not included in the GPA calculation. Instead the Faculty will add a small bonus of 0.2 to the overall GPA for applicants who have completed this qualification at time of application. Degree Completion and semester two, 2016 results- Conditional Offers: Applicants who are eligible for a course offer but are studying (at any level including postgraduate level) in semester two, 2016 will be made a conditional offer requiring them to maintain a minimum GPA of 5.5. Applicants who have not yet completed their initial bachelor degree will also be required to complete their bachelor degree by the end of 2016 as part of their offer conditions. Please note that if you are completing your initial bachelor degree and undertake a course of action that will result in you receiving late results, you may not meet offer conditions by the required deadline, i.e. the end of December, 2016 which will result in your offer being withdrawn. Therefore take care when undertaking any course of action in semester 2, 2016 that could delay your results or degree completion. This may include undertaking deferred/supplementary exams, undertaking units that fall outside normal semesters (e.g. summer units or trimester units) or going on exchange. If you anticipate any problems, please contact the Faculty as soon as possible to determine whether your offer will be withdrawn. Accelerated degrees and conversion courses: UWA will accept 2-year bachelor degrees and 1-year conversion degrees for the purposes of admission to our medical course. However, applicants undertaking a 1-year conversion degree who have not completed a previous bachelor degree must complete that course before applying for entry to UWA (i.e. applicants cannot apply during the conversion course). ____________ *The completed undergraduate degree must be from an Australian university or a Higher Education Institution recognised by the Australian Qualifications Framework, or a recognised Bachelor qualification listed in the National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (NOOSR) Guide.
Currency of qualification There is no 10-year rule for entry to UWA which means that we will consider applicants with degrees older than 10 years.
GAMSAT Applicants must obtain a minimum overall score of 52 with no individual section score below 50.
Indigenous Applicants The Faculty encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to consider applying for entry into the MD. In addition to the pathways listed here, there are alternative pathways available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants. These are available
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through the Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health (see www.camdh.uwa.edu.au for further details).
Rural Applicants must meet eligibility requirements in order to apply for the Rural Pathway. Applicants, who wish to apply for the choose medicine Rural Pathway, must complete the relevant questions in the application form and submit supporting documentation to GEMSAS by 24 June 2016 in order to prove their eligibility for the pathway. Choose medicine Rural applicants are encouraged to contact the Faculty at: [email protected].
Interview Selection for interview is based equally on GAMSAT Overall Score and GPA. Structured interviews will be held in Perth, and are expected to take place within the period 26th September to 7th October. Applicants will need to attend their interview in Perth, in person. There are no skype or videoconferencing options. Please note that not all dates within the period will be available.
Offers Applicants are ranked by combining and equally weighting standardised scores calculated from the: GAMSAT Overall Score; GPA; and interview score. For rural applicants, a rural rating will be included in the ranking.
Deferral Applicants to the MD may under exceptional circumstances defer their offer for one year. Please see our website for eligibility information.
Credit/Exemption As the course is postgraduate, no credit or exemptions can be granted from undergraduate courses, including graduate entry MBBS courses.
International Students UWA will have approximately 20 places available in 2016 for 2017 entry. International applicants will need to apply directly to the UWA International Centre by 31May 2016 and can find an application form at: http://www.meddent.uwa.edu.au/courses/postgraduate/apply-professional/int-std-path/applications. Applicants may sit either GAMSAT or MCAT provided their results are available by 31 May 2016. Applicants who will receive their results slightly after this deadline should contact the Faculty for advice on eligibility to apply. All applicants must have a minimum GPA of 5.5. Applicants must have a minimum overall GAMSAT of 50 and usually require minimum sectional scores of 50; however applicants with one sectional score marginally below 50 should contact the Faculty for advice on eligibility and competitiveness. Applicants require minimum test scores of 8/8/8 or if taken post April 2015 123/123/123/123 and an overall minimum of 492. Applicants with one sectional score marginally below 8 or 123 should contact the Faculty for advice on eligibility Interviews will be held in Singapore and Hong Kong* (in July) or in Perth (in August). All interviews must be conducted in person. *Subject to demand.
Open Days and Information Sessions
The Faculty will host an information evening for graduate applicants to the MD on Wednesday 25 May at 6.00pm in the Social Sciences Lecture Theatre, UWA (Crawley Campus).
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Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) & Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM)
UWA admitted its first applicants into the 4-year DMD and 3-year DPM courses in 2013.
Selection for the DMD is based on suitable GAMSAT (or MCAT for international applicants), a minimum GPA of 5.5 and interview.
Shortlisted applicants to the DMD will also be required to sit a manual dexterity test and a spatial awareness test at time of
interview.
Selection for the DPM is based on suitable GAMSAT (or MCAT for international applicants) and a minimum GPA of 5.0 (there is no
interview). An alternate pathway is available for students who have not undertaken GAMSAT (or MCAT if an international student)
but who have successfully completed certain pre-requisite subjects.
Please see our website for further admission information and quotas. Applications will be handled directly by the Faculty and
applicants should visit: http://www.meddent.uwa.edu.au/courses/postgraduate/apply-professional/domestic-std-path for
information on how to apply. Applications for the DMD will close on 31 May 2016 for both international and domestic applicants.
Applications for the DPM will close on 30 September 2016 for both domestic and international applicants.
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University of Wollongong Graduate School of Medicine
Contact details:
Telephone 1300 367 869 (within Australia) + 61 2 4221 3218 (International)
Email [email protected]
Web http://smah.uow.edu.au/medicine/
The UOW Doctor of Medicine (MD)
The UOW Doctor of Medicine (MD) program aims to lead development and implementation of strategies that effectively address the shortage of medical practitioners in regional, rural and remote Australia. The Graduate School of Medicine’s (GSM) curriculum reflects the latest approach to medical education and incorporates extensive use of medical education and information technologies. The program is based on the best educational evidence from medical schools around the world. It features an innovative, integrated spiral curriculum which revolves around a case based learning core. The GSM benefits from purpose built facilities, featuring dedicated teaching and resource spaces. The GSM also features Simulation Centres where the students are exposed to a combination of modern technology and traditional bedside clinical teaching, with the help of Simulated Patients, to develop their skills in diagnosis and management of a wide variety of diseases and conditions. Clinical exposure occurs early in the program, with students being allocated to hospitals, primary care settings and community health centres from their first semester of study. Students spend significant time during their training undertaking both short and long term clinical placements in many regional and rural locations. These attachments allow students to gain insight into life in regional, rural and remote communities and to gain an insight into the challenges and rewards that come with practicing medicine in these settings. Students will receive a broad based education with a focus on rural medicine, graduating with the skills and ability to practice in any geographic setting and to commence training in any specialty.
Places Available in 2017: Approximately 82-86 places will be available, including up to 14 places for international students. Students will be placed at either Wollongong campus or Shoalhaven campus for the first 18 months of the program (Phase 1). Students may complete placement outside of these areas during Phase 1.
CSP 52 (subject to change)
BMP 18 (subject to change)
International Up to 12
Bachelor Degree/ GPA All applicants must have completed, or be in their final year of study at time of application, an undergraduate degree consisting of at least three years duration when studied full-time, or equivalent (FTE). The undergraduate degree must be from an Australian university or a Higher Education Institution recognised by the Australian Qualifications Framework, or an equivalent overseas Bachelor qualification from an institution that is recognised under the framework and guidelines set by the Australian Department of Education and Training Qualifications Recognition Policy Unit (previously AEI-NOOSR). Applicants must have a weighted GPA of greater than 5.0 on a 7 point scale or 2.8 on a 4 point scale at the time of interview selection to be eligible to apply. The GPA score required to receive an offer for interview may fluctuate annually. This GPA will be calculated based on the most recently completed Bachelor degree (including an Honours year if applicable). Postgraduate qualifications are not included in GPA calculations.
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GPA years will be progressively weighted Final-minus-2 x 1, Final-minus-1 x 2 and Final x 3, and then divided by 6, to give greater weight to the most recent results. Current study in final year GPA calculations must be at least 0.375 FTE to be included, otherwise those results may not count and the GPA will be calculated based on the Final-minus-1 and Final-minus-2 GPA years only. UOW reserves the right to recalculate GPAs at any time before the close of the admissions cycle if required. UOW does not normally recognise two year Bachelor degrees or one year conversion degrees for the purpose of admission to the medical course. Two year FTE (e.g. graduate entry) Bachelor degrees may only be accepted if completed at time of application, and if there has been a three year Bachelor degree completed prior. In this instance, a two year GPA will be calculated for admissions purposes. Applicants who have completed the equivalent of a three year FTE Bachelor degree but have been awarded credit for prior academic learning may be exempt from this rule. However, UOW generally requires applicants to have completed at least two years of full time study within their awarding institution. Please contact the GSM for more information. Accelerated Bachelor degrees are accepted by UOW; that is, a degree consisting of three full time trimesters per year for two years from a recognised institution. Combined Bachelor/Masters degrees must have all program requirements completed for the qualification to be accepted for admissions purposes by 31st December 2015. This qualification must have a minimum length of three years FTE, with at least two years FTE of Bachelor level study. Where the Bachelor level units are identifiable, this will be the basis for the GPA calculation. If the Bachelor level units cannot be ascertained, all units from the final three years will be included.
Currency of qualification Applicants are required to have graduated from their undergraduate degree within ten years of the closing date of applications. Applicants whose undergraduate degree was completed outside the ten year period may still be considered for admission if they have completed the equivalent of one year full-time tertiary study at Graduate Diploma level or higher at a recognised university within the last ten years. If no postgraduate study has been completed in the last ten years, applicants can apply for a waiver of this rule if they can demonstrate through other activities that they hold current high level academic skills. To request a waiver, applicants need to provide a copy of their university transcripts, CV, and any other documentation in support of their request to [email protected]. This should be submitted prior to the closing date of applications to ensure that academic currency has been deemed suitable to continue your application to UOW. Applicants who are required to be assessed for academic currency due to the ten year rule will be deemed ineligible for consideration of an interview and place at UOW for 2017 entry if:
- An applicant submits a waiver request that is not approved by the UOW Admissions Executive.
- An applicant does not submit a waiver request at all.
It is the responsibility of the applicant to research UOW requirements and submit a waiver request if needed- UOW does not take responsibility if an applicant has been deemed ineligible at UOW due to non-submission or late submission of a waiver request.
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If a waiver request is submitted and not approved after the closing date of applications, no changes to preferences can be made at this time. If a waiver request is submitted close to the application closing date, UOW cannot guarantee that it will be processed before applications close.
GAMSAT and Portfolio A minimum GAMSAT Overall Score of 50 with a minimum of 50 in each of the three Sections is required to be considered for interview. The GEMSAS application form also incorporates the GSM Admissions Portfolio which must be completed by all applicants. The portfolio, application and rural residency forms should be submitted electronically directly to GEMSAS and will be used as one of the criteria to rank your eligibility for interview. This information must be submitted regardless of UOW ranking on your preference form as applicants who fail to submit a portfolio will not be considered. The GSM Admissions Portfolio may take time to complete and it is recommended that applicants commence preparation early and submit well prior to the closing date. To assist in your preparation, a draft portfolio template is available from the GSM website for your consideration. This is a template only to be used as a guide - only portfolios submitted in the approved format via GEMSAS will be accepted. Please note that all activities highlighted in the portfolio require a current email contact for verification. GSM Draft Portfolio Template GSM Portfolio Guide for 2017 Entry The application form and portfolio must be completed electronically via GEMSAS by the advertised closing date.
Bonuses / Special entry schemes No GPA bonuses are awarded for postgraduate study; however applicants are encouraged to include these academic experiences in their portfolio as they will be viewed favourably during scoring. Rural applicants should read the sections below for further information.
Indigenous Applicants The GSM understands the important role of Indigenous medical practitioners in addressing the disparity of health outcomes for Indigenous people. This is demonstrated through a commitment to training Indigenous doctors by providing a range of support mechanisms for applicants who are of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent. A dedicated selection process is available for Indigenous applicants. For further information on this, please contact the GSM. To be considered for these places when applying via GEMSAS, applicants must indicate their Indigenous status at the time of application. Applicants will be contacted by the GSM to supply relevant supporting documentation. Applicants in this category are required to reach acceptable levels of performance in GAMSAT, interview and GPA as determined by the school. A panel interview with the Academic Leader: Admissions and Selection, Academic Leader: Indigenous Health and a representative from the community may be required.
Rural entry Rural applicants do not need to apply specifically for a rural sub quota as the GSM gives preference to students who can demonstrate ties to regional, rural and remote communities.
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The UOW GSM uses the rural residency/schooling part of the application to assess your background as far as living and studying in rural and regional areas. The information on your form is assessed and scored using the Australian Standard Geographical Classification - Remoteness Area (ASGC-RA). GSM will require rurality verification of your schooling and residential address details as outlined in your Admissions Portfolio. Rurality supporting documentation must be submitted directly to GEMSAS as per the instructions outlined in this guide.
Campus and place type preference
At the time of application applicants will need to indicate their preferred campus (Wollongong or Shoalhaven) for the first 18 months of the program. This preference will be considered but not guaranteed. Extenuating circumstances for campus preference may be considered. Applicants will be contacted by the GSM to supply relevant supporting documentation if required. Applicants must also indicate their place type preferences at time of application, in the order they would most like to be offered. UOW offers CSP and BMP places. There are no Fee paying places available. Campus and place type preferences have no influence on the decision for offer.
Interview Applicants for the UOW MD are ranked for interview using the overall total of their weighted GPA, GAMSAT and Portfolio scores (including rurality). The weighting of each criterion is 30%, 30% and 40% respectively. Approximately 160 applicants will be invited to interview. Domestic interviews are conducted by formally trained interviewers in a multi-station format on both the Wollongong and Shoalhaven Campuses across two weekends in late September 2016. Interviewees are rated on personal qualities including their communication skills, empathetic and ethical approach, reflective manner, teamwork and decision making skills.
Offers On the completion of the interview process, candidates’ interview scores and portfolio scores are used to rank for offer, with equal weighting. GPA and GAMSAT results are not included in the formula after interview. Offers are made in November with a small number of subsequent offers in December and January (if required). Offers are made for a specific status, campus and year only. Offers to UOW GSM may not be deferred. Candidates who do not respond to their official Letter of Offer by the required due date as specified by University will have it rescinded, and the offer may be allocated to the next eligible applicant in a subsequent offer round at the discretion of the University. Offers to successful candidates completing their degree in 2016 will be conditional to their maintenance of the minimum required GPA. Evidence of completion must be produced for the offer to be ratified. Qualifying degrees must be completed by 31st December 2016, unless otherwise approved by the Admissions Executive.
International Applicants International application processes are slightly different and international applications are assessed on a rolling basis from January 2016. International applicants should apply directly
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to the GSM. International students from USA and Canada may also apply via agents in North America: International Studies Abroad http://studiesabroad.com/ Please check the UOW GSM website for further information regarding international applications at: http://smah.uow.edu.au/medicine/future/mbbs/index.html
Open Days and Information Sessions
An information evening will be held at Wollongong campus in May 2016 (prior to the close of applications). Students considering UOW GSM will have the opportunity to meet current students and academic staff and to ask questions regarding all aspects of the program offered. Details of the evening will be posted on the UOW GSM website. Applicants who are unable to attend the information evening will have access to the presentations electronically. Interested applicants are also free to contact GSM Admissions to discuss their application if they wish. Applicants are strongly urged to check the UOW website for any changes or updates to any information provided on this form.
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Appendix A: Institutions Participating in ARTS (Automated Results Transfer
System)
You do NOT need to provide academic transcripts for studies undertaken at the following institutions:
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
ACU National Canberra CAE Signadou College of Education
Australian National University Canberra Institute of the Arts University of Canberra
Australian Catholic University Canberra School of Art
ACT Australian Defence Force Academy Canberra School of Music
NEW SOUTH WALES
Alexander Mackie CAE Hunter Inst. of Higher Education Sydney College of Chiropractic Ltd
Armidale CAE Kuring-gai CAE Sydney College of the Arts
Armidale Teachers College Lismore Teachers College Sydney Kindergarten Teachers College
ACU National Macarthur Inst. of Higher Education University of New England,
Australian Catholic University Macquarie University Orange Agricultural College (1990-1994)
Australian Film, Television and Radio School
Milperra CAE University of New England, Armidale
Avondale College Mitchell CAE University of New England, Northern Rivers
Balmain Teachers College Mt Saint Mary College of Education University of New South Wales
Bathurst Teachers College Nepean CAE University of Newcastle
Catholic College of Education, Sydney Newcastle CAE University of Sydney
Catholic Institute of Sydney New South Wales College of Para-Medical Studies
University of Sydney, Faculty of Rural Management (formerly Orange Agricultural College)
Catholic Teachers College New South Wales Inst. of the Arts University of Technology, Sydney
Charles Sturt University New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music
University of Wollongong
City Art Institute Newcastle Teachers College Wagga Agricultural College
College of Fine Arts, UNSW Northern Rivers CAE Wagga Wagga Teachers College
Good Samaritan Teachers College Nursery School Teachers College Western Sydney University (University of Western Sydney)
Goulburn CAE Polding College Westmead Teachers College
Goulburn Teachers College Riverina CAE William Balmain College
Guild Teachers College Riverina-Murray Inst. of Higher Education
Wollongong Inst. of Education
Hawkesbury Agricultural College Southern Cross University Wollongong Teachers College
NORTHERN TERRITORY
Charles Darwin University (formerly Northern Territory University)
Darwin Institute of Technology
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QUEENSLAND
ACU National Griffith University Queensland Conservatorium of Music
Australian Catholic University - Qld James Cook University Queensland Institute of Technology
Bond University Kedron Park Teachers College Queensland Teachers College
Brisbane CAE Kelvin Grove CAE Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane Kindergarten Teachers College Kelvin Grove Teachers College Townsville CAE
Capricornia IAE McAuley College Townsville Teachers College
Christian Heritage College Mt Gravatt CAE University College of Central Qld
CQ University Mt Gravatt Teachers College University College of Southern Queensland
Darling Downs IAE North Brisbane CAE University of Queensland
Gold Coast CAE Queensland Agricultural College University of Southern Queensland
Griffith College (Queensland Institute of Business and Technology (QIBT)) Queensland College of Art University of the Sunshine Coast
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Adelaide CAE Murray Park CAE Torrens CAE
Adelaide College of the Arts and Education
Roseworthy Agricultural College University of Adelaide
Bedford Park Teachers College Salisbury CAE University of South Australia
Flinders University South Australian CAE Wattle Park Teachers College
Hartley CAE South Australian Inst. of Technology Western Teachers College
Kingston CAE South Australian School of Arts
TASMANIA
Australian Maritime College
Tasmanian CAE
Tasmanian State Inst. of Technology
University of Tasmania
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VICTORIA
Australian Catholic University VIC Gippsland IAE School of Occupational Therapy
Bendigo CAE La Trobe University School of Physiotherapy and Speech Therapy
Bendigo Inst. of Technology Lincoln Inst. of Health Sciences State College of Victoria- all campuses
Bendigo Teachers College Longerenong Agricultural College Swinburne College of Technology
Burnley Horticultural College Melbourne CAE Swinburne Inst. of Technology
Burwood Teachers College Melbourne College of Textiles Swinburne University of Technology
Caulfield Inst. of Technology Melbourne Kindergarten Teachers College Toorak Teachers College
Chisholm Inst. of Technology Melbourne State College University of Melbourne
Coburg Teachers College Melbourne Teachers College Victoria College - all campuses 1985 onwards
Deakin University Monash University Victoria University (formerly Victoria University of Technology)
Dookie Agricultural College Phillip Inst. of Technology Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture
Emily McPherson College Prahran CAE Victorian College of Pharmacy Ltd
Federation University (University of Ballarat) Preston Inst. of Technology Victorian College of the Arts
Footscray Inst. of Technology RMIT University Warrnambool IAE
Footscray Technical College Rusden State College Western Institute
Frankston Teachers College School of Forestry - Creswick
Geelong Teachers College School of Mines and Industries, Ballarat
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Bunbury IAE Edith Cowan University Murdoch University
Churchlands College Graylands Teachers College University of Western Australia Churchlands Teachers College Mount Lawley College Western Australian CAE
Claremont Teachers College Mount Lawley Teachers College Western Australian Inst. of Technology
Curtin University (Curtin University of Technology)
Muresk Institute (Muresk Agricultural College)
Western Australian School of Mines
AUSTRALIA
Open Universities Australia
PLEASE NOTE: Any qualification undertaken in a language other than English must be documented by a certified copy
of the original transcript accompanied by an officially translated certified copy of same, in English.
Please note: extract translations are not acceptable, full translations are required.
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Appendix B: Undergraduate Grading System Conversion Table A GPA B C D E F G H
100% 7.0
HD/7 7.0
HD 7.0
HD 7.0
HD/≥7/A 7.0
HI 7.0
≥8 7.0
A+/A/A- 7.0
99 7.0
98 7.0
97 7.0
96 7.0
95 7.0
94 7.0
93 7.0
92 7.0
91 7.0
90 7.0
89 7.0
88 7.0
87 7.0
86 7.0
85 7.0
84 7.0
D/6 6.75
D 6.75
D 6.75
83 7.0
82 7.0
81 7.0
80 7.0
79 6.5
D/DI/6/B/DN 6.25
H2A 6.5
7 6.25
B+ 6.5
78 6.5
77 6.5
76 6.5
75 6.5
74 6.0
CR/5 5.75
CR 5.75
C 5.5
H2B 6.0
B 6.0
73 6.0
72 6.0
71 6.0
70 6.0
69 5.5
CR/5/C 5.25
H3 5.5
6 5.25
B- 5.5
68 5.5
67 5.5
66 5.5
65 5.5
64 5.0
P/4 4.5
Pass Div 1 4.75
P 4.5
C+ 5
63 5.0
62 5.0
61 5.0
60 5.0
59 4.5
P 4.25
P/PA/4 4.25
5 4.25
C 4.5
58 4.5
57 4.5
56 4.5
55 4.5
54 4.0
Pass Div 11 4.0
C- 4.0
53 4.0
52 4.0
51 4.0
50 4.0
49 0*
UP/CQ/PC/3* 3.5
PC* 3.5
CP/3/NC/ PC/C/NI*
3.5
PC/PX* 3.5
D* 3.5
48 0*
47 0*
46 0*
45 0*
<44# 0 F/N/<3 0
F/N 0
F 0
F/2/I/N/N2 0
F/N 0
F 0
E 0
* Conceded pass, faculty pass, etc. – GPA grade of 3.5. Otherwise GPA of zero
# If you have a percentage mark where the minimum for an unrestricted pass grade is 50 per cent, use column A to read off the corresponding
GPA grade.
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Honours degree (for Griffith or used only where no subject results are available)
Award GPA Grade
First 7.0
2A 6.0
2B 5.0
Third 4.0
Conversion Table Code (only where no subject results are available) Column
A Use Column A if you have an official record of your mark (percentage)
B ACU, Adelaide, Bond, Canberra, Central Queensland, Charles Sturt, Flinders, Griffith, James Cook, Macquarie, Newcastle, New England, NSW, Notre Dame, Queensland, QUT, Southern Cross, Southern Queensland, Sunshine Coast, Swinburne Pre-2014, Sydney, UTS, Western Sydney, Wollongong
C South Australia
D Charles Darwin
E ANU, Ballarat, Deakin, Edith Cowan, La Trobe, Monash, Murdoch, RMIT, Swinburne 2014 onwards, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
F Melbourne
G Curtin
H New Zealand universities and Polytechnics
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Contact Details GENERAL ENQUIRIES
GEMSAS (for all general application and processing enquiries) E: [email protected] W: www.gemsas.edu.au ACER (for GAMSAT enquiries only) E: [email protected] W: www.gamsat.acer.edu.au
Australian National University Medical School T: (02) 6125 1304 E: [email protected] W: http://medicalschool.anu.edu.au/
Deakin University School of Medicine T: (03) 9251 7777 F: (03) 5227 2945 E: [email protected] W: http://www.deakin.edu.au/medicine/study-options/bachelor-of-medicine-bachelor-of-surgery
Griffith University Future Student Contact Centre T: 1800 677728 F: (07) 5552 8706 E: [email protected] W: www.griffith.edu.au/health/school-medicine
The University of Melbourne The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Health Hub T: (03) 8344 5890 E: [email protected] W: http://medicine.unimelb.edu.au/study-here/doctor_of_medicine
The University of Notre Dame Australia School of Medicine, Fremantle T: (08) 9433 0537 E: [email protected] W: www.nd.edu.au/FreoMD
The University of Notre Dame Australia School of Medicine, Sydney T: (02) 8204 4404 E: [email protected] W: http://www.nd.edu.au/SydMD
The University of Queensland UQ Admissions T: (07) 3365 2203 F: (07) 3365 2061 E: [email protected] W: https://medicine.uq.edu.au/
The University of Western Australia Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences T: (08) 6488 4646 F: (08) 6488 4848 E: [email protected] W: www.meddent.uwa.edu.au/admissions
The University of Wollongong Graduate School of Medicine T: 1300 367 869 (Australia) +61 2 4221 3218 (International) F: (02) 4221 3233 E: [email protected] W: http://smah.uow.edu.au/medicine/